Carnegie launches cloud computing project addressing security via risk resilience, potential regulation

A global think tank has embarked on a project to evaluate security concerns for cloud computing and develop approaches to address risks through potential regulation and nongovernmental activities.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Cloud Reassurance Project will address broadly how cloud computing services are used today to enable “a range of commercial activities, public services, and critical infrastructure,” the project leaders say, arguing that such services are a “central part” of the economy because they underpin many of the...