I disagree with the logic of this determination about Cloud storage. It does not take into account that "the cloud" may put you files on any system, anywhere in the world, and each contry has different laws (and enforcement of those laws) concerning privacy.
If you are a company that has proprietary information that would be of interest to another country, would you want to risk having any information on a storage asset in that country, even if encrypted with a long password? (Even white hat hackers have cracked almost all passwords 14 characters and below and are working on 15+.)
And one last note - In the U.S., there must be a court order for a law enforcement agency to enter your place of work and get your files. However, your "cloud assets" may not have the same protection. Or else the agency could get a court order telling the company who is your "cloud" to give them access to your files, and with the reastriction that they cannot notify you.
So the initial/monthly cost is not the only option that should be considered in teh decision to go to the cloud or not. Look at the possible international, proprietary information and legal aspects too.
As another scenario, let's say your files are stored in country X and that country either has political instability that cuts off computer access or there are "tensions" between the U.S. and that country. Would you want your files being held hostage or compromised because of this?
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It doesn't sound like you're disagreeing - you're just bringing up another important consideration when making the decision (security of data). This article was purely about considering cost.
While costs are mentioned as driving factors, there are other issues, besides those that nontrad raised.
One is security of your data. How do you protect your data if you've moved it to the cloud? The recent break-ins at Evernote is just one example.
Anothe is the denial of service waged against some cloud providers. Being unable to access your data, when it's needed, can be as big an inconvience as an internal outage.
And finally is regulatory requirements that require your data to be protected (HIPPA, PCI, SAS70, FERPA, among others). Storing data in the cloud could require encryption (and key management) as well as additional audits to ensure your data hasn't leaked.
None of this is meant as fear mongering - it just needs to be included in your risk analysis that should complement the cost analysis of moving data into the cloud.
One is security of your data. How do you protect your data if you've moved it to the cloud? The recent break-ins at Evernote is just one example.
Anothe is the denial of service waged against some cloud providers. Being unable to access your data, when it's needed, can be as big an inconvience as an internal outage.
And finally is regulatory requirements that require your data to be protected (HIPPA, PCI, SAS70, FERPA, among others). Storing data in the cloud could require encryption (and key management) as well as additional audits to ensure your data hasn't leaked.
None of this is meant as fear mongering - it just needs to be included in your risk analysis that should complement the cost analysis of moving data into the cloud.
Decide whether you want the cloud or not. Then cherry pick some numbers to cya with should your choice be questioned.
They'll more than ambiguous enough, in fact if you get a bit clever you could probably come to a position that might not be a position..
They'll more than ambiguous enough, in fact if you get a bit clever you could probably come to a position that might not be a position..
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