In cloud computing lately, trust seems to be on everyone's mind.
Alan Murphy of the Virtual Data Center blog points to the dynamic nature of the cloud as a reason why there will need to be more "trust" between customers and vendors:
So moving forward, as the security people tear apart the (in)security of cloud computing, the rest of the world will just need to take that leap of trust. A lowering of our standards for what we can control in the cloud's outsourced data model.
As an end user, it kills me, but I know I have to make those sacrifices, if I want to use those services. So I have to modify my level of trust, and apply new and stronger safeguards to the rest of my work flow processes (personal and professional) to make sure I'm able to recover if/when there is a massive breach that's beyond my control.
My recovery is something I can control, and I definitely trust myself.
Chris Hoff of the blog Rational Survivability responds by pointing out that if more trust means less security, we've got a problem:
In simply closing our eyes, holding our breath, and accepting that in the name of utility, agility, flexibility, and economy, we're ignoring many of the lessons we've learned over the years, we are repeating the same mistakes and magically expecting (that) they will yield a different outcome.
A few months ago, I sat through a very cool "unsession" at the Cloud Summit Executive in San Jose, Calif., in which the conversation ranged across an incredibly broad range of cloud-related subjects. ... Read More
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