Intel Director of Federal Marketing Nigel Ballard talks about cloud computing security with FedScoopTV.
Is [cloud computing] just a slam dunk? Do you just say ‘Previously, I kept all this data in the basement in the data center and now I’m going to hand it out to another company – here is the key, go take it, lock up when you’re done.’ That wouldn’t sit very comfortably with me, and I know a number of government agencies from an operational perspective are a little uncomfortable with [the thought] when you serve the data back to me am I absolutely sure it is the data I gave you in the first place.