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The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) created a Hot Topics page on Cloud Data Storage Solutions: Dropbox Security & Privacy Considerations. The topic, Cloud Data Storage Solutions: Dropbox Security & Privacy Considerations discusses issues of concern that are common to most cloud data storage services; however vendor solutions and implementations vary greatly. The following outlines an evaluation of one vendor that can easily be applied to others, such as SpiderOak, box.net, Skydrive, and CrashPlan.

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Cloud Security Debate: Cloud Now or Cloud How?, EDUCAUSE Review, December 2012.

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7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Security, EDUCAUSE 7 Things You Should Know, September 2010.

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"Bag It and Tag It": Implementing a Course-Level Learning Portfolio Using CMS-Based Tools to Document Student Learning When Teaching in Wild, Open Spaces with Cloud-Based Tools (Pilot Program/Emerging Technology): February 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
As more of us adopt cloud-based tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, Google Docs, etc.) for use by students in authentic learning activities, we find ourselves without the student-produced artifacts that we …
2012 Planning Guide: Identity and Privacy: December 12, 2011

After two years of rapid and disruptive change in the identity market, 2012 promises even more of the same. Intensifying policy battles, increased levels of fraud and privacy intrusion, continui…
7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Security: September 3, 2010

Cloud computing promises to provide considerable benefits for colleges and universities, including increased reliability and flexibility, with lower or more transparent costs. At the same time, c…
A Tale of Two Clouds: June 24, 2010

Key Takeaways The University of Washington adopted a dual-provider cloud-computing strategy, focusing initially on software as a service. The original project — to replace an obsolete…
Application Security in the Cloud: April 6, 2011 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2011
Institutions are interested in applications in the cloud due to the "miracle of marginal cost." While offloading maintenance to the cloud provider and the elasticity of applications in th…
Assessing Service Providers for Privacy, Security, and Business Continuity: October 13, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Today's IT market is replete with outsourcing, SaaS, cloud, and other third-party products. Before moving your critical data to another provider, how do you ensure they are secure? In this dis…
Bring Your Own Cloud: Data Management Challenges in a Click-Through World: April 17, 2013 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Consumer cloud-based services are easy to set up, low cost, and familiar. It's understandable why clients would automatically turn to them for their data-storage needs. But what happens when…
Businesses Confront the Cloud Security Threat: June 17, 2010

As they embrace the cloud, companies remain skittish about entrusting data and computing tasks to outside vendors. Proposed solutions abound. As …
Clearing the Air on Cloud Computing: June 10, 2010

© 2010 John Leslie King EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 45, no. 3 (May/June 2010): 64-65 John Leslie King ( jlking@umich.edu ) is W.W. Bishop Professor of Information and Vice Provost…
Cloud Computing Contract Issues: October 14, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
The benefits of cloud computing, such as rapid deployment, flexible scalability, and low initial start-up cost, can be offset by risks related to data location, service levels, and security infrast…

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