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CLOUD COMPUTING FOR
U.S. GOveRNMeNT PROFeSSIONALS
CLOUD
BASICS
ChAPteR 3
SeCURIty In
the CLOUD
http://www.microsoft.com/govcloud
MICROSOFT U.S. GOveRNMeNT
CLOUD BASICS: CHAPTER THREE
KeePIng the
BAD gUyS Off
Of yOUR CLOUD
02-002
Cloud computing may seem risky because you cannot secure its perimeter—
where are a cloud’s boundaries? In addition, many government agencies must
comply with regulatory statutes, such as the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), and the
Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).
Yet your organization can move forward with cloud computing, even while
security standards are being defined. The National Institute of Standards and
Technology likens the adoption of cloud computing to that of wireless technology.
Agencies learned how to protect their wireless data—and they will do the same
with cloud computing.i
It comes down to this: Federal, state, and local agencies vary in their security and
regulatory compliance needs, and you know your needs best. You must look carefully at how well cloud providers protect key functions and sensitive data.
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MICROSOFT U.S. GOveRNMeNT
CLOUD BASICS: CHAPTER THREE
yOUR Own
PRIvAte CLOUD
02-002
Agencies with sensitive information and workloads would probably never
want all of their data in a public cloud. Private clouds offer the scalability and
shared resources of cloud computing on your terms—and on your turf, if you
can afford it. To achieve true cloud scalability in a private cloud, you must
forecast demand to support the requisite degree of excess capacity and then
invest accordingly.
Some agencies have the need and the budget to do so. Within the U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD), for example, groups can obtain access to
the private cloud created by the Defense Information Service Agency. Called
Rapid Access Computing environment (RACe), it enables DOD...