I will be participating in a panel discussion entitled: “Mythbusting and Misconceptions: Understanding Current Perceptions and Debating the Realities Surrounding Cloud Security and its Implications to Cloud Economics, Efficiencies, and Adoption”
This event is part of the Federal Government & Cloud Computing Symposium which aims at Addressing the Challenges and Resolving the Tensions Between Security and Efficiency in the Evolving Enterprise.The event is sponsored by the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council and Georgetown University’s Center for Secure Communications, in Conjunction with the Bipartisan Policy Center and The Civitas Group
This half-day symposium will be held on February 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The program will include two integrated panel sessions with a mix of leading cloud experts from government and industry. In order to encourage robust, interactive discussion, these panel sessions will be closed to the press and not for attribution. The program will also conclude with a capstone “National Conversation” (open to the press) between leading experts from the public and private sectors that builds off the panel discussions and discusses the outstanding issues and the way forward. For more information about the event, please visit this URL:http://homelandcouncil.org/the-federal-government-a-cloud-computing-symposium.html
Here is more information about the panel discussion:
Examining the myths surrounding the cloud is an essential component of the government’s ability to decide whether, when, and how to utilize cloud solutions, as well as an important aspect of improving government and industry collaboration. In this panel, public and private sector experts will focus on cloud security and its impact on cloud economics, efficiencies, and adoption. They will examine the current perceptions, address misconceptions, and help to identify what is fact and what is fiction.
It will look closely at the strong perceptions held by both government and industry regarding cloud security, including:
- “Establishing and maintaining a high level of security in the cloud is/is not cost effective”
- “The cloud is less secure/more secure than traditional IT models”
- “Government information is more/less vulnerable in a cloud environment”
- “The government is afraid to virtualize for fear of a data spill”
- “Security mechanisms inhibit agility in the cloud”
- “Email does not need a high level of security in the cloud”
- “My agency cannot go to the cloud because ____________”
