Hello Bloggers,
Welcome to Week 4 of my Cloud Computing journey with Bellevue University. This week we are talking about the dangers of Cloud Computing and what it means to the Organization making the transition.
The one hazard that I would like to talk about is the action called "Cloud Bursting". This is the event that when a Private Cloud setup reaches capacity but it needs to complete its function, it will "burst" through the Private Cloud resource and begin using Public Cloud resources to accomplish the task.
There is a HUGE risk in doing this. The foremost is that there is a drastic difference between Private and Public Clouds when it comes to encryption. Naturally, the Private Cloud due to the sensitive nature of the data would want to protect their data. When Cloud Bursting into the Public Cloud, you lose this encryption, or the extra you get from Private encryption. If a cyber criminal knew the threshold of the company and the IP to their domain...they could force traffic onto the companies services and force them into the public cloud and then begin to take their data.
In my opinion this is a huge threat to private data and should only use Cloud Bursting if you have data that is not sensitive and is a critical application that can have the need for more processing power during peak hours.
Short post this week team, but important nonetheless.
Have a great week! Talk to you all soon.
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