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Cloud Security: Danger (and Opportunity) Ahead

In the first in his series of "Clearing the Cloud" columns, security expert Ariel Silverstone explores the dangers of cloud computing and outlines security best practices to make it work.

By Ariel Silverstone, CISSP

Ariel Silverstone is a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces with experience in physical and information security and regularly contributes to information technology certification exams and to newspapers, magazines and electronic publications while working on a Radio show. He holds both the CISSP (for security) and the CBCP (for business continuity planning) certifications, as well as many others. During his IT and management consulting career, he focused on providing IT strategy, engineering, and assimilation solutions for a portfolio of primarily Fortune 500 clients, including USAA, Chase Manhattan, Citibank, GTE, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Vanguard Funds and others. He specializes in companies in the financial services, transportation, medical services and high-tech industries. He has also been a director at Symantec Corp. and CISO for Temple University and for Bell Canada's Teleglobe.