NIST has published a working draft of the Cloud Computing Security presentation: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/index.html
Both of the documents on this page are excellent read for anyone interested in Cloud Computing. Some of the Security Advantages mentioned in the presentation are: Shifting public data to a external cloud reduces the exposure of the internal sensitive data Cloud homogeneity makes security auditing/testing simpler Clouds enable automated security management Redundancy / Disaster Recovery Data Fragmentation and Dispersal Dedicated Security Team Greater Investment in Security Infrastructure Fault Tolerance and Reliability Greater Resiliency Hypervisor Protection Against Network Attacks Possible Reduction of C&A Activities (Access to Pre-Accredited Clouds) Simplification of Compliance Analysis Data Held by Unbiased Party (cloud vendor assertion) Low-Cost Disaster Recovery and Data Storage Solutions On-Demand Security Controls Real-Time Detection of System Tampering Rapid Re-Constitution of Services Advanced Honeynet Capabilities What are your thoughts on these benefits? Thanks Saqib http://www.capital-punishment.us --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com