http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62054388,00.htm By Tom Espiner ZDNet UK May 27, 2009 Sun's U.K. chief technology officer is working with major British public and private organizations to set up a cross-sector forum to resolve cloud-computing security issues. Cloud-computing systems could become as important as the U.K. critical national infrastructure, and they need to be secured in an appropriate manner, Wayne Horkan told ZDNet Asia's sister site ZDNet UK last week. The Sun executive said he is working on setting up the forum alongside organizations such as the CBI, Microsoft and Accenture; government departments such as Berr, Dius and the Treasury; and the government's chief scientific advisor, Professor John Beddington. "I'm concerned about the security of the supply," Horkan said at the Cloud Expo Europe conference in London. "If cloud computing becomes a utility, it's important to me that the United Kingdom as a nation state has good security of supply. It's important that the United Kingdom has the appropriate capability in cloud computing." Horkan is also concerned about cloud-computing compliance issues facing the public and private sectors. Most of the major cloud-computing suppliers, which include Amazon and Google, are US-based. Horkan said that European organizations using cloud services based outside Europe face the possibility of not being in compliance with European data-protection law, as sensitive customer data could be inappropriately shared, or exposed through legal discovery. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Wed May 27 2009 - 22:13:15 PDT
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