2014 cloud computing: Toward 0 Trust security mode

The exposure of the NSA's secret file to steal data in June 2013 has rekindled concerns about the security of corporate data stored on the cloud.

But the exposure of the NSA surveillance program will not cause some companies to be afraid of data disclosure no longer using hosting services, instead, it facilitates enterprise users and cloud service providers to reform their internal security and privacy policies and enhance cloud data security, something that businesses and suppliers have long overdue to do.

When Snowden first leaked the NSA surveillance program to the media, industry analysts had expected that the leak would make a big difference to cloud computing deployments.

In August 2013, for example, the information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) said the exposure of the NSA surveillance program would cause us cloud computing providers to lose 10% to 20% of their overseas market share, or that they would lose $35 billion trillion in potential sales by 2016.

ITIF's minimum estimate of the impact of NSA surveillance leaks on US cloud computing companies (in 1 billion USD)

ITIF's top estimate of the impact of the NSA's surveillance leaks on US cloud computing companies (in 1 billion US dollars)

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), another industry group, has also predicted the impact of this concern on U.S. cloud service providers, based on concerns among European companies about U.S. government data collection.

About six months later, the impact of the NSA monitoring project exposure was followed, but not as serious as expected.

Despite reports that US cloud service providers have been unsalable overseas, some experts predict that the Snowden leaks will have little impact on the long-term sales of US cloud service providers. Because the commercial benefits of using cloud services will gradually eliminate the fear of corporate oversight of the US government.

At the same time, as the NSA monitors project details, companies are increasingly aware of cloud data security and will rise to a high level in 2014.

The Snowden leaks also made it clear how small companies are in controlling the data stored in the cloud. Richard Stiennon, head of the consulting firm It-harvest, said: "There will be a fundamental shift in the cloud computing landscape of the 0 Trust security model, which will enable companies to strengthen cloud security measures to enable enterprise data to be transferred from Enterprise to cloud, or from the cloud download to the enterprise medium all links, as far as possible to avoid any gaps, resulting in the enterprise data leakage. ”

Corporate security officials are preparing to improve the cloud security of their businesses and start with several key aspects, including data encryption, key and data ownership, regionalization and increased government transparency, analysts said.