Published by Lawrence Smith, Thames Water - Technical Information Manager
I distinctly remember, on the GIUG visit to Harwell, that we were told that 'the cloud' was safe and secure and could never be hacked !!
In light of recent events .... How do we feel now?
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-09/02/j-law-cloud-security
I don't quite agree that the cloud was presented as impossible to breach, only extremely difficult with many barriers in place to reduce the risk as much as possible. We did contend at Harwell that in future it was likely that a newstory would break of a breach, but to dismiss the cloud for those leaks was missing the point. Like a bank several hundred years ago trying to pursuade people to deposit their cash instead of hide it under the bed. Would I sign up to Apple to deposit data?...the cloud needs to offer more than I could get from keeping it myself...and I'm not sure it is truly doing that yet.
Published by Andrew Pennington, South West Water - Asset Data Development Team Manager
Exactly the stance I would take if I were Tim Cook (CEO of Apple)......
Published by Lawrence Smith, Thames Water - Technical Information Manager
It will be interesting to see how this one plays out, I understand the Applle take is that the security flaw is with usernames / passwords rather than direct hacking.
Published by Ian Dawes, WRc Plc - Business Analyst