[kictanet] CIA invests in the AWS cloud despite security concerns

[Adam Nelson]

Keep in mind that the CIA initiative vis-a-vis Amazon is a private cloud.
The physical servers using AWS software are on CIA property.

This is part of my talk where I say that 'everybody' needs to move to
Infrastructure as a Service.  The paradigm works even in hyper-sensitive
environments like the CIA and the NSA (and banks).  The NSA uses OpenStack
in case anybody's interested - again, the hardware is physically under NSA
control.

-Adam

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On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Phares Kariuki via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> It took amazon 8 years of AWS to get into government. We've been around
> for 1. Part of the problem is comfort. Government isn't comfortable with
> younger companies. Governments horizon is longer term than most businesses.
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Waiting to see local initiative, skill, talent featured on www.ict.go.ke
>> :)
>> On Feb 16, 2015 10:40 PM, "Phares Kariuki" <pkariuki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We are getting there. Currently, we do provide some county governments
>>> with services. Huduma centres were largely local save for the hardware. It
>>> takes time. We can change perceptions one day at a time
>>>
>>> --
>>> Phares
>>>
>>> On Feb 16, 2015, at 5:30 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Outside South Africa and below North Africa, imagine if, at a Global
>>> Summit, African Presidents were asked to name homegrown IT firms their
>>> governments rely on for data storage &  security services.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://searchaws.techtarget.com/opinion/CIA-invests-in-the-AWS-cloud-despite-security-concerns
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>
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