Comments on: You versus SaaS: Who can secure your data?

By: Alice Marshall

Alice Marshall — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:26:07 +0000

Cloud computing does not necessarily mean “give us your data”
http://infoconcepts.com/videos/cloud/cloud.htm
Yes, they are a client, but this one was so obvious.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:09:27 +0000

General purpose, low cost utility or “cloud” infrastructure- (EC2), platforms- (appengine), or software- (salesforce.com) -as-a-service are unlikely to have very sophisticated security features built in. More likely we will see vertically targeted implementations that are sold at a premium. Or a layer on top of the existing service. Some applications simply won’t be amenable to centralized utility computing and will be much more cost effective and secure if run in-house, particularly if requirements are sophisticated and well understood. But the “cloud fanboys” really don’t want to hear that.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:43:53 +0000

However – many users of outsourced systems (which all this is – outsourcing again) are not capable of ever securing the data to begin with so in many cases using such services is an improvement over standard practice today (which usually involves an excel spreadsheet). I am speaking of mom and pop shops or middle sized companies.