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IBM's Ban on Dropbox and iCloud Highlights Cloud Security Issues

Posted by Soulskill on from the data-sovereignty dept.

IBM has forbidden its employees from using cloud-based services such as Siri, Dropbox and iCloud, according to reports. These products (along with many others) are presenting a challenge to IT administrators who want to keep their organizations secure, as well as to consumer-software developers who suddenly need to build features with both consumers and businesses in mind.

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  1. Not the first or only by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    My company deals with financial services. We are not allowed to access Dropbox either. Nothing like sharing personal identifiable client data across someone else's network. This is a violation of all sorts of laws, so yeah, it makes sense to deny employees access to shared drives outside the company's purview.