Australian cloud policy attacked

Vivek Kundra, the former chief information Officer (CIO) of the US government, Vivic Kundra that the government is taking a very dangerous cloud-computing development policy.

Vivic Kundra (Vivek Kundra), in Sydney this week, suggested that Australia is the only country in the global public cloud sector to choose between processes and effects, and this attitude also determines that Australia is bound to be uncompetitive in the global marketplace. "Australia's cloud policy will make its public cloud lag behind other countries, which runs counter to the interests of the Australian public," Vivic Kundra said. Moreover, the development of the public cloud is not only beneficial to the people, but also to the government officials, there is no harm. ”

Vivic Kundra The American approach as an example to further illustrate its point. He said the US government's cloud policy, which began in 2011, focuses on "cloud priority", which is to develop and prioritize low-cost, cloud-based projects.

Under this "cloud first" policy, the US government plans to close 800 data centers by 2015 (with a total of 2,094 data centers and 435 in 1998), a move that will save $20 billion a year for us spending on it. The plan was designed to be less than 27% per cent of the current 2,094 data centers in the United States, while storage utilization was below 40% per cent. "In the past more than 10 years, U.S. government spending on it has been about $600 billion trillion, and it may be hard for people to realize that the small tasks of daily life, such as buying books Online or buying air tickets, require a lot of infrastructure," says Victor Kundera. The traditional approach is to set up a data center and entrust the management of professional firms, which requires millions of or even billions of of dollars in cost input, and how effective it is to ensure. To change this situation, the State should fundamentally change this mode of operation and adopt policies to nurture the development of new technologies. ”

How to eliminate network security concerns arising from cloud technology development

It should be explained that the fear of illegal intrusion systems is not the main reason why many countries are unwilling to adopt public cloud services. Their biggest misunderstanding is that only for infrastructure management or commissioned professional management to ensure data security. The previous mode of operation was to protect the system's security by setting up a network of protective walls, but it is now time to change. As Vivic Kundera put it: "We have to admit that public cloud operators are working to improve the security and transparency of cloud computing Web services, and they have the expertise to hire the best security experts around the world to continuously improve the security level of their network services." Once the security of the cloud services is identified, it is easy for users to choose to accept cloud services. "Victor Kundera believes it is difficult to improve service efficiency without accepting these new technologies."

Views on Australia's retention of citizen network data

Asked about the Australian Government's view of keeping users in two years of browsing the record, it was very dangerous, said Victor Kundera. This coincides with the view of Tim Berners Lee, the "father of the Internet," Berners. While he was not aware of the details of the practice, he stressed that the two points needed to maintain a balance between preserving civic data and safeguarding the right to personal freedom for the safety of the network, and that citizens should be respected for their rights. If the citizen's right of freedom is neglected only for the sake of security, the final result can only be throwing. ”

May 28, 2013: "Australia" iTNews website

Compiling: Center for international Economic and Technical cooperation, Ministry of Industry and Information technology Guo Kai

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