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The security and privacy understanding cannot be underestimated for anyone who’s planning  cloud migration,  for John W. Rittinghouse James F. Ransome

“Security and privacy, one of the largest areas of concern for anyone building a cloud network, are covered in these lines. This blog will look at how federation in the cloud and federated services and applications can be used to increase security, build trust, and mitigate risk.                              

Dr. Ron Ross, a senior computer scientist at NIST, recently said, “You’re never going to

have complete trust. We don’t live in a risk-free environment—we have to manage risk, not avoid it.” These chapters give the reader a wealth of guidance, practical applications, and process, which can be used to keep risk at an acceptable level in any cloud network.”

The security community is also coming together through various initiatives aimed at education and

guidance creation. The National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) is releasing its first guidelines for agencies that want to use cloud computing in the second half of 2009, and groups such as the Jericho forum are bringing security executives together to collaborate and deliver solutions.

As with any emerging technology, there exists a learning curve with regard

to security in a cloud environment, but there is no doubt that resources and

case studies exist today to help any organization overcome this”. 

Source: Cloud Computing John W. Rittinghouse James F. Ransome p.16-17

By Aaron D