Cloud Computing: Does Data Need to Go Overseas?
April 16, 2014
Grazed from Utilizer. Author: Editorial Staff.
Recent reports on NSA spying have eroded trust in US-based cloud providers. This is especially true for non-USA-based customers that use cloud services offered by US companies. They see using an American cloud provider as a risk because they assume their data could be accessed by the NSA and other government organizations. This perception has caused companies such as Google, AT&T and Cisco to lose non-US business.
The Snowden leaks spotlighted the risk. The information that was leaked revealed that some of the biggest cloud providers had their users’ data accessed by the NSA, including Google and Yahoo. In some cases, this happened with the companies’ knowledge and in others, without…
The real world results have been that about 10% of companies have canceled contracts with US cloud providers since these revelations came to light, according to the Cloud Security Alliance…
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