Cloud computing services (CCS) embrace hardware, software or data
storage services suportted offsite and available in the internet. In October, Leber Marketing conducted an online
survey, which involved various sectors of the businesses
and organizations, and found that: (i) 29 per cent out of 705 respondents take
advantage of CCS, and the remaining, one out of five employ CCS unknowingly; (ii) the majority were doubtful
with respect to security or privacy; and (iii) 10 per cent plan to join the use
of the CCS. According to Ontario
information and privacy commissioner, A. Cavoukian, the option of CCS ensures the improvement in
flexibility and reliability, reducing costs and enhancing collaboration by CCS
providers. Whereas as stated by R.Cook,
University of Toronton, data services
kept in company or CCS providers must have work very hard to ensure privacy and
security in the cloud. In turn, lawyer
M. Power suggested that businesses must pay attention to cloud providers
and abide by Canadian laws. For example, businesses must verify how their cloud
providers would answer if law required them to open or acess to their data, and
what disclosure, security policies, procedures and practices would be allowed.
Full text available at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/25/technology-cloud-computing-security-privacy.html
