Cloud Security: Basics
By Newvem
October 26, 2011
Cloud providers consolidate access to many consumers’ data, or should we say victims’ data into a single point of (hacking) entry. Recently, the major popular clouds have increasingly become the focus of attacks by hackers. IT organizations may think that their legal liability can be outsourced, but total misconception. The contract with the IaaS vendors includes security obligations, however it does not negat the liability of the software vendor as the responsibe party. So rather than focusing on contracts and limiting liability in cloud services deals, the SaaS vendor must focus on controls and audit-ability.