Cloud Security: What You Need To Know To Lock It Down

Nerval's Lobster writes "IT security writer Steve Ragan writes: 'The word "cloud" is sometimes overused in IT—and lately, it's been tossed around more than a football during a tailgating party. Be that as it may, organizations still want to implement cloud-based initiatives. But securing assets once they're in the cloud is often easier said than done.' He then walks through some of the core concepts of cloud security, along with the companies operating in the space."

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Insecure, and the cloud providers know it.

[Animats]

From the article:

"When you sign a Business Associate agreement, there's a level of liability that the business associate accepts. They openly acknowledge they have to operate within the HIPAA security rule like any covered entity. Understandably, none of the current cloud providers are willing to do that."

That says it all. The major cloud providers won't accept responsibility for security in their own systems.