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Perspective

Sep. 23, 2014

A view from the cloud: protecting privacy and innovation

On the privacy landscape, cloud providers were recently reminded of the need to closely evaluate the fine line of privacy and security when nude celebrity photos were leaked from Apple's iCloud. By Dominique Shelton and Tearra Vaughn


By Dominique Shelton and Tearra Vaughn


Cloud computing leverages shared resources and software to provide dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources over a network. Cloud providers have merged services, mobility and the cloud into cloud-based apps to provide services to approximately 3.2 billion mobile users. As such, cloud-based apps present challenges ranging from protecting private data to protecting innovations based on the cloud.


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