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Is Cloud Security a Safe Bet for Highly Sensitive Government Data?

July 31, 2017

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Security is the primary focus of any government agency. One of the most obvious pitfalls of these agencies moving highly sensitive data to the cloud is that they surrender control to a third party. Moreover, nothing on the internet is truly secure, and all data is vulnerable to attacks and threats.

The exposure footprint to those threats is staggering under the best of circumstances. For example, the complexity of mobile devices poses a significant challenge when it comes to cloud security. In addition, data commonly flows from one cloud provider to the next and between national boundaries, which runs counter to the physical security measures every government agency should have in place.

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