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Google FAIL and the Fog Over Cloud Security

Recent Google failures have renewed debate over whether it's foolish to trust the computing cloud. But the biggest threat remains our lack of understanding.

By Bill Brenner, Senior Editor

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We need to listen to people like Hoff, Silverstone and many others when they try to get us to slow down and examine how the pieces fit together before we start pressing all the shiny buttons.

That doesn't mean we run away from the technology, and the experts I've mentioned above do not suggest we do so, either.

Cloud computing is here to stay and the business world is going to grow even more dependent on it. Google has vastly altered the way we do our daily computing and the digital miscreants of the world will always set their sites on the biggest targets.

Instead of getting spooked by what happened with Google this month, let's see what we can learn from the experience to make cloud computing more secure.

About FUD Watch: Senior Editor Bill Brenner scours the Internet in search of FUD - overhyped security threats that ultimately have little impact on a CSO's daily routine. The goal: help security decision makers separate the hot air from genuine action items. To point us toward the industry's most egregious FUD, send an e-mail to bbrenner@cxo.com.