Cloud computing

Last year the Article 29 Working Party published an Opinion on Cloud Computing expressing concern at the information available to those considering moving services to the cloud about the protection that cloud services offered for their data.

20 February 2013 at 10:10am

Critical Cloud Computing

Breach Notification

Cybersecurity Directive

ENISA’s Critical Cloud Computing report examines cloud from a Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective: what is the impact on society of outages or attacks? The increasing adoption of the cloud model has both benefits and risks.

Cloud and Data Centre Framework - FAQs

Olivia Watterson

7 October 2013 at 1:28pm

Cloud framework

Here you can find answers to some of the common questions about our Cloud and Data Centre Framework. If there's something missing, please feel free to comment below to ask. Why should I use the framework rather than do my own procurement?

7 Magic Words to consider for 2013

John Milner

7 October 2013 at 1:28pm

Cloud, nothing very new in that, clouds with pay as you go timesharing services attached were a common picture in slide shows as far back as the 1970s. However new technology makes it a whole lot easier and quicker to move from ideas on a slide to a powerful service reality. All very good but no service will manage itself, service management demands won't disappear and it is still necessary to deal with security, resilience and performance not to mention migration from one provider to another.

19 November 2012 at 6:26pm

EU DP Supervisor on Cloud Computing

Data Protection Directive

A new Opinion of the EU Data Protection Supervisor discusses some of the problems in applying the current Data Protection Directive to public cloud services, and how these might be done better under the proposed Data Protection Regulation. Particular challenges include

4 October 2012 at 6:52pm

Information Commissioner Guide to Cloud Computing

Privacy

The Information Commissioner has published new Guidance on the Use of Cloud Computing for organisations who are, or are considering, using cloud services to process personal data. The benefits of clouds are recognised: these may include “increased security, reliability and resilience for a potentially lower cost”. However cloud customer organisations may also “encounter risks to data protection that they were previously unaware of”.

28 September 2012 at 6:56am

Progress on a European approach to Cloud Computing

Data Protection Directive

The ASPIRE study on the future of National Research and Education Networks calls for European NRENs to work together on a common approach to cloud computing.

6 July 2012 at 11:54am

Clouds and Law: Work to Do

Privacy

A new Opinion on Cloud Computing from the Article 29 Working Party highlights a number of difficulties in applying current data protection law to the cloud computing model and suggests that changes are needed both to cloud contracts and to European law. The main concerns are over lack of control by the client using the service and lack of information about what the service will involve.

4 July 2012 at 9:42am

Article 29 Working Party hints at new approach to Cloud