Regulation, standards to address cloud computing legal concerns
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08/12/2010
Data privacy and protection is just one legal aspect posed by cloud computing, as cost and interfacing standards and regulations will help address potential issues.
The short-term answer for regulation and standards is usually government intervention, according to attorney Joseph Rosenbaum, partner at the law firm Reed Smith and chairman of the firm’s advertising technology and media law, who was interviewed by CFO Magazine.
Rosenbaum uses mobile phones as an example of the need for easy interfacing with the cloud.
“With phones, if you have a Verizon Wireless phone and I have an AT&T iPhone, there are interoperability agreements between the carriers that allow those interfaces to function seamlessly,” said Rosenbaum, CFO relays. “Today there are no such standards in cloud computing.”
While data security is a big concern, Rosenbaum told the magazine that these privacy issues date back to the 1960s, and concerns with cloud computing really are not much different.
He advises consumers “get a policy that says confidential information of the company is not to be disclosed to anybody, period.”
To guarantee data security, some companies are offering secure off-site server recovery systems in the cloud, moving away from the more traditional “tape back-ups” while still providing customers with quick and private access to data, reports InformationWeek.
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