I think what matters is not that AWS isn't any more insecure than "bare metal," but that older old guys in position of power also hold those beliefs. So if you

I think what matters is not that AWS isn't any more insecure than "bare metal," but that older old guys in position of power also hold those beliefs. So if you get hauled to congress and you have to explain to a bunch of gray-haired senators why your data was on a "public cloud" all the senators are really going to hear is the "public" part and people are going to think your company was incompetent for putting private data on a public cloud.