Talk:Cloud computing security: Difference between revisions

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I am a co-chair of the Cloud Security Alliance Virtualization Working Group. The fundamental difference between cloud security and computer security is that in cloud security, you do not have the level of control that is assumed to be present in most computer security, and you are dealing with a fundamentally shared environment. So while many computer security topics fit within the requirements of cloud computing security, there are cloud-specific topics outside the ___domain of computer security. For this reason, they should be separate. Note also that CSA and NIST have separate cloud definitions and security guidelines apart from their core computer security guidelines. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.67.187.183|70.67.187.183]] ([[User talk:70.67.187.183|talk]]) 00:37, 5 January 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

I would second this vote to keep cloud security a separate article. Cloud computing has numerous vulnerabilities that are largely unique versus private computer installations (what is the opposite of cloud computing? Surface computing?). Cloud computing vulnerabilities are due to the reduced control and ownership of the equipment, the remote (possibly unknown) ___location, the increased usage of virtualization. There is a high interest in understanding these risks and possible countermeasures. Many consumers, businesses, and governments either delve into a cloud deployment prematurely or overly hesitate for lack of understanding of these issues. Describing these issues in a solid way will be a good amount of work, however. [[Cloud computing]] is already a long article. Adding in a good discussion of cloud security would overload that article.

--[[User:Bikeborg|Bikeborg]] ([[User talk:Bikeborg|talk]]) 11:09, 21 February 2012 (UTC)