Cloud computing is all the rage in the IT industry now and one of the major reasons for this is its cost advantage. However, security is a real concern with the cloud and so before you begin evaluating your alternatives on the basis of cost or other parameters, you should benchmark them on security. This article tells you how it may be done.
Popular British security blogger Graham Cluley made a pretty interesting statement recently. In a chat with Computing.com, Cluley said that businesses that are flocking to the cloud in herds today should stop and replace all instances of the word «cloud» with «somebody else’s computer» to really understand the implications of their actions. I call it interesting because while I am personally an advocate of cloud computing, Cluley’s statement drives home the point about the consequences a business might face if they do not perform due diligence.