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Report: Human factor weak link in cloud computing

Cloud computing and security – you never hear one talked about without the other. In a new report, Allan Friedman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, ...

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November 9, 2010 5:58 pm

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Cloud computing and security – you never hear one talked about without the other.

In a new report, Allan Friedman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, explores how to think about privacy and security in the cloud.

He argues the real weak link in security is the human factor. For this reason, Friedman tells Federal News Radio the legal structures that protect data must be changed to also include data in the cloud.

Check out Friedman’s entire interview with Federal News Radio by clicking here.

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