Cloud computing , when IT software and services are delivered over the web and through a browser, is a paradigm shift, similar to taking your jewellery out of your sock drawer and placing it in the bank. The bank has the economies of scale. It has guards, robust safes, video surveillance — much more than any security investment you can deploy yourself. The same is true with data. Cloud providers such as Google are equipped to protect millions of users' data every day. As a customer you get to enjoy these economies of scale at minimal expense. We have over 1000 people dedicated to Google Enterprise, including some of the world's best security experts who are helping to make sure that your data stays safe.ENISA are in the pipeline, and we also talked about ways to demonstrate to professional and personal users alike how we respect our users' security and privacy. Instead of seeing security as a negative factor weighing down the transition to cloud computing, I hope I helped explain why it should be perceived as a benefit.
Can you tell what you think are the real drawbacks and safeguards in terms of security? For instance, security in navigators -mainly passwords, but others-, phishing,...
ReplyDeletePeople still need a cloud drive where we can upload any kind of documents different to videos, pics, docs in Google docs,...any plan to offer that?
Thanks in advance
To evaluate the costs and benefits of cloud computing, the provider's marketing material and legal disclaimers need to be examined in parallel.
ReplyDeleteIf the advantages of cloud computing are so certain to the marketing and sales people, why is there a need for such voluminous disclaimers?
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