Thursday, April 23, 2009

Security promises in the cloud

Customers need to verify that providers are meeting the security promises they make
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Security promises in the cloud

Tim Greene By Tim Greene
A survey released this week at RSA is troubling in that it says businesses using cloud services are concerned about security, but don't verify what providers do to meet the security promises they make. Read full story

Tim Greene is senior editor at Network World.

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