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By Alice Kok | 22 October 2008

Cloud computing has been illuminated as being thought to increase and not decrease the risk of data leakage. A recent symposium on the topic of ‘Cloud Computing’ reported a key finding in its post symposium survey: the attendees voted unanimously that cloud computing increases, not decreases the risk of data leakage.

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This latest form of outsourcing IT services and the delivery of these services over the internet is seen as a key business driver for the next generation of start-up companies as well as for large established enterprises.

By leveraging the established and outsourced IT infrastructure of cloud computing service providers and closely related technologies such as Software as a Service (SaaS) and virtualisation, businesses of all sizes now have the ability to adapt, scale and deliver complex services efficiently and at an unprecedented speed.

Surprising to note is that the symposium, attended by over 60 experts from both IT and security organisations, held a prior vote whereby the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (SV-ISSA) members was evenly split on whether cloud computing made security easier.

Organised by The Security Consortium (TSC) and SV-ISSA, the symposium was held to discuss the challenges and opportunities brought about by the growing popularity of cloud computing and its growing impact on enterprises from a business, legal and security perspective. In addition to speakers from TSC and SV-ISSA, key participants included IT and Security leaders from Visa, Google, HP, Verizon, RSA, WebEx, a division of Cisco, Sun Microsystems, KLA-Tencor and others.

“After the symposium, it was clear that there are many risks and legal issues associated with cloud computing that need to be addressed and this event was an example of the type of thought-provoking discussion and collaboration needed by the industry to meet these challenges,” said Nancy Bianco, Board Director, SV-ISSA.

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