Re: data security in "the cloud"

I think you will need to define what you mean by "information that is stored
in the cloud" as this could mean any number of things. Just taking AWS as an
example, you could be talking about such diverse things as CloudDrive, RDS,
S3, or even an EC2 instance hosting one of any number of databases. There
are security mechanisms in place for each one of those services, but how it
works, who is responsible, and to what standard will vary drastically.


--Stuart

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hi All,
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>   I have been looking for information on data security standards for
> information that is stored in the cloud and so far every site I find seems
> to think the topic is a joke. I haven't found a single site that takes the
> notion of proper data security for the cloud seriously. There is no mention
> of any kind of data encryption, any kind of SSL type of data
> transport protocols in place or any other mention of security at all. This
> kind of irritates me, but before I start ranting, does anyone here have any
> good pointers to information on the data security standards for the cloud?
> Thanks guys.
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