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Security concerns over cloud on decline

Find out why your agency\'s cybersecurity concerns about the cloud are starting to clear up. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.

Federal News Network Staff

June 24, 2011 6:30 pm

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Federal Cyber Security concerns about cloud computing are starting to decline. A study by Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners says 50 percent of government IT professionals trust the cloud for using application. Last year only 12 percent did. Information Week reports this increase could also be due to U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra’s “cloud first” policy that mandates all federal agencies consider the cloud first when developing new IT projects.

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