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You've done a good job answering the question asked of me -- thank you. To add a little more, in places where security really matters, like DoD manufacturing a
by eitally 16y ago
You've done a good job answering the question asked of me -- thank you.
To add a little more, in places where security really matters, like DoD manufacturing areas, there is literally physical security segregating everything from the people to the network to the hardware to the data from the unclassified parts. Knowing you could go to jail for a very long time if you do something stupid or illegal is a strong motivator. For those not so motivated, most places not only segregate the network but also the data: tapes or backup data are kept onsite in a secure area, computers used for interacting with the data never leave the secure area and have been modified not to have USB headers or removable hard drives, cables and gear are physically protected from tampering, etc.
None of this is to say that all risk is eliminated, but since most systems are compromised by casual hackers using simple tools, adding the security you can is usually a sensible thing to do.
- rakkhi 16y agoLook two good replies and I think we are all in agreement that the military will probably not be using public cloud services any-time soon (at least not until budget cuts > security concerns) and if the OP is targeting purely that of market with that risk appetite then good luck to them. My main point was that for most corporations and individuals the risk of using a public cloud with effective security controls and the right kind of data stored and processed there could be within their risk appetitive and therefore private clouds have no long term high profit making potential