Comments on: Mama but we're all crazy now!!

By: dahowlett

dahowlett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:12:26 +0000

Many thanks for this.

aaaah my friend. Did I forget to mention due diligence testing for service providers? Dang! Check what I was saying at para 6. I admit it's a bit vague but you can be sure some of us are on the case.

I'd also refer you to a video I shot of Alan Bowling and the subsequent discussion I assembled at ZDNet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1565

I'm a big user of Google's services. Almost no-one I know bothers to read the T's & C's. I have done a lot of work around their inconsistencies.

By: suluclac

suluclac — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:48:38 +0000

Dennis,

In big bold letters you say, "...I HAVE NEVER LOST ANY DATA..."

But it's not just a question of 'losing' data:

How confident are you that your data hasn't been accessed without authorisation - 95%, 98%? How sure are you that your data, especially financial/accounting data, hasn't been slighlty altered, what authentication standards exist? If your data flows across international boundaries what are the legal/security implications? What rights do you have if 'your' server is moved to a new location/country? How do you perform due dilligence on your 'Cloud' provider when there are no standards for data flows? If your 'Cloud' provider goes into receivership how will you get access to your data, especially if it is on the other side of the planet? If a 'Cloud' provider copies data for back-up purposes, precisely what happens to the copied data? etc. etc.

By: dahowlett

dahowlett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:12:26 +0000

Many thanks for this.aaaah my friend. Did I forget to mention due diligence testing for service providers? Dang! Check what I was saying at para 6. I admit it's a bit vague but you can be sure some of us are on the case. I'd also refer you to a video I shot of Alan Bowling and the subsequent discussion I assembled at ZDNet: http:blogs/Howlett/?p=1565I'm a big user of Google's services. Almost no-one I know bothers to read the T's & C's. I have done a lot of work around their inconsistencies.

By: dahowlett

dahowlett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:12:00 +0000

Many thanks for this.aaaah my friend. Did I forget to mention due diligence testing for service providers? Dang! Check what I was saying at para 6. I admit it’s a bit vague but you can be sure some of us are on the case. I’d also refer you to a video I shot of Alan Bowling and the subsequent discussion I assembled at ZDNet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1565I'm a big user of Google’s services. Almost no-one I know bothers to read the T’s & C’s. I have done a lot of work around their inconsistencies.

By: suluclac

suluclac — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:48:38 +0000

Dennis,In big bold letters you say, "…I HAVE NEVER LOST ANY DATA…" But it's not just a question of 'losing' data:How confident are you that your data hasn't been accessed without authorisation – 95%, 98%? How sure are you that your data, especially financial/accounting data, hasn't been slighlty altered, what authentication standards exist? If your data flows across international boundaries what are the legal/security implications? What rights do you have if 'your' server is moved to a new location/country? How do you perform due dilligence on your 'Cloud' provider when there are no standards for data flows? If your 'Cloud' provider goes into receivership how will you get access to your data, especially if it is on the other side of the planet? If a 'Cloud' provider copies data for back-up purposes, precisely what happens to the copied data? etc. etc.

By: suluclac

suluclac — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:48:00 +0000

Dennis,

In big bold letters you say, “…I HAVE NEVER LOST ANY DATA…”

But it’s not just a question of ‘losing’ data:

How confident are you that your data hasn’t been accessed without authorisation – 95%, 98%? How sure are you that your data, especially financial/accounting data, hasn’t been slighlty altered, what authentication standards exist? If your data flows across international boundaries what are the legal/security implications? What rights do you have if ‘your’ server is moved to a new location/country? How do you perform due dilligence on your ‘Cloud’ provider when there are no standards for data flows? If your ‘Cloud’ provider goes into receivership how will you get access to your data, especially if it is on the other side of the planet? If a ‘Cloud’ provider copies data for back-up purposes, precisely what happens to the copied data? etc. etc.