Cisco CEO Chambers says cloud computing is a security nightmare

In the afternoon of April 23, according to foreign media reports, Cisco Chairman and CEO Chambers (John Chambers) said in Wednesday that cloud computing is "a security nightmare." In a keynote speech at the RSA Security conference, Chambers said that cloud computing is a general trend, but it has a huge impact on cybersecurity technology, "and users are not sure what data the data center stores." As a network equipment company, we should be delighted with the popularity of cloud computing, because it will drive our sales. But this is another security nightmare and cannot be solved in the traditional way. "Cloud computing is a hot topic at this year's RSA security conference. Giants such as Cisco and IBM are actively discussing cloud computing technology, but security experts say cloud computing technology is immature. "I think cloud computing will be the center of much of our work in the field of computer security," Ronald Rivest, a professor of computer science at MIT and Ronald Leevist, a leading cipher expert, said at a seminar in Tuesday. ' Cloud computing ' sounds great and safe, but we should be aware that it's just a term. If we call it ' swamp Computing ' a week, people might have a more sober understanding of it. He said he was optimistic about the future of cloud computing, but needed to take steps to improve its safety. The concept of cloud computing was not recognized by participants. "I didn't find that cloud computing could benefit us," said Bruce Jones, chief information security officer at Kodak, Brousse Jones. "One of the main problems is that Jones doesn't want to give up control of sensitive data and put them in the cloud computing architecture." For long-term projects, the cost of buying hardware is lower, Jones said. But he thinks Kodak can use cloud computing technology on a small scale, "cloud computing works for a number of pilot or research projects, more scalable projects, and low data confidentiality requirements." "With the popularity of cloud computing technology, Cisco's security services will become more important, and the importance of Cisco scanning into and out of corporate network data will be increasingly prominent," said Tom Gillis, vice president of marketing at Cisco Security technology business, Tom Gillis. Video sharing, Web 2.0, mobile devices and other technologies blur the "security boundaries" of the corporate network.