[HIB]Curb your cloud enthusiasm

While cloud computing is in its infancy, some businesses are taking it too far, too quickly. This will ultimately result in a security 'wake-up call', and a steep learning curve. So says Magnus Kalkuhl, senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Lab, who cited the LoveLetter worm, which caused enormous problems for businesses in 2000, as an example. “Until then, no one had really thought about e-mail security. A big lesson was learned from the incident.” Kalkuhl says cloud computing could benefit from a similar wake-up call, and he believes one will eventually occur. According to Kalkuhl, at the moment, there are no standards or best practices in place, as each cloud vendor has its own. “At the same time, there are definite risks attached to cloud computing, such as data leakage, which, when considering the range and variety of data stored by cloud providers, could have a significant impact.”

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