{"id":260,"date":"2013-08-28T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalityconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:19:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T10:19:04","slug":"next-cloud-computing-prism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalityconsulting.com\/blog\/next-cloud-computing-prism\/","title":{"rendered":"What Next for Cloud Computing After PRISM?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cloud_computing\"Just like the fashion industry, the information technology industry moves in cycles with trends coming and going and then returning with a bang.<\/p>\n

Taking a look at how things stand for cloud computing right now, it seems that the latter will hit that cycle very soon and go out of fashion faster than a speeding bullet.<\/p>\n

A lot of the leaked information on the internet has opened the eyes of Americans and investors in US cloud services, making them aware of the fact that all of their important and sensitive data is actually being accessed by the NSA<\/span> at their own whim.<\/p>\n

This means that one cannot entrust classified and very important data about their company or organization to a cloud service provider, without the NSA<\/span> having full access to it.<\/p>\n

\"Snowden's<\/p>\n

The PRISM<\/strong> and NSA<\/strong> break out has exposed the fact that data security is in fact a big lie and even though it was something that some have seen it coming for a very long time, it caught many individuals by surprise.<\/p>\n

At the same time the news came out, it also raised some questions across the C level in the enterprise as to whether they would still consider investing in a cloud strategy or not.<\/p>\n

According to Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Affairs<\/a>,<\/p>\n

If European cloud customers cannot trust the United States government, then maybe they won\u2019t trust U.S. cloud providers either.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One morning, an exchange with an industry analyst revealed that more than 100 clients believe that the United States Government has signed the bill of death for every cloud service provider in the country, aspect which is extremely concerning, due to the fact that the losses projected are of more than 30 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

\"BVP<\/p>\n

On top of that, when hearing the news, many individuals and companies have put their plans on hold, because they don\u2019t really want anyone else but them having access to their priceless information, on a business and personal level.<\/p>\n

Snowden maybe did know what he\u2019d cause when he let his mouth loose, but he certainly wasn\u2019t aware of how much of an impact it would make.<\/p>\n

Now there are 2 articles that have been written days of each other which continue to add more wood to the fire.<\/p>\n

The ITIF<\/span> came out to say that because of the fears regarding security and data privacy, the cloud computing industry will take a hit of around 36 billion dollars in the next 3 years and it\u2019s all because of PRISM<\/span>.<\/p>\n

However, according to a Forrester analyst, this estimation was very modest. According to the info he published on his blog, he revealed that the cloud computing vendors should be ready to gulp a loss of approximately 180 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

\"Lavabit<\/p>\n

But the fact is that it\u2019s not only the cloud computing industry that needs to put up with these near-death experiences, because third party encryption and security services are walking the plank as well.<\/p>\n

Just this week 2 major E-mail encryption services, Silent Circle<\/em> and Lavabit<\/em> respectively, were forced to shut down due to the spying done by the NSA<\/span>. In order to protect their privacy, Silent Circle informed their customers that it has killed off Silent Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>:<\/p>\n