In the Cloud: Sharing is Caring

Today, we are more optimistic and more realistic about the road ahead.

As a co-author of both points of view, here are some observations of what has changed the sentiment:

• We've moved away from a lot of the red-herring topics that can distract from the more significant issue
• Cloud providers have done a good job plowing the field and helping organizations get a good "feeling" about security and privacy
• Cloud providers are now willing to change standard contracting positions and are acknowledging that data owners remain responsible for the acts and omissions of their service providers
• We are seeing a move away from a take or leave approach to security and compliance on the part of cloud provider offerings