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Anyone who can control a server in any environment can potentially interact with the database powering applications running on that server. How is running on A
by nixgeek 8y ago
Anyone who can control a server in any environment can potentially interact with the database powering applications running on that server.
How is running on AWS different than Guardian Cloud in their basement?
- AlexCoventry 8y agoThe level of control over who has physical access, of course. Did reports of the Snowden revelations reside on the CMS?
- untog 8y agoProbably not, no, until they were about to be published. I imagine that the choice between "run an entire data centre ourselves, store everything there" and "use AWS, but keep high sensitivity stories on local machines" is an easy one. After all, the client computer that connects to the CMS is just as, or more likely to be compromised. I wouldn't be surprised if the coverage (or at least parts of it) were edited on airgapped laptops.
- AlexCoventry 8y ago> the choice between "run an entire data centre ourselves, store everything there" If those were the only two choices, you might be right. But the resources needed for the actual CMS functionality sound modest enough to run independently of the main website. > the client computer that connects to the CMS is just as, or more likely to be compromised That's faulty reasoning.
- untog 8y ago> That's faulty reasoning. Why? It's an obvious potential point of compromise.
- AlexCoventry 8y agoSorry, I misunderstood. I read it as saying "We're going to get hacked via this other vector, anyway, so why bother?" I see your point, now.
- wftglf 8y agoSadly we don't trust our security practices anywhere enough for that! Secret investigations happen in an air gapped room on computers with their network cards removed then get moved across to the main CMS when they're ready to publish.