US cyber chief says cloud computing can manage serious cyber threats

Nov 11, 2011 | Cloud, Security

SOURCE: NetworkWorld

The security of cloud computing is often debated but such debates seem to be over for the general tasked with running the United States military’s cyber command, who sees the technology not only as way to rein in IT costs but a way to more easily protect IT assets.

Speaking here before 700 security-minded attendees at the DARPA Cyber Colloquium, Gen. Keith Alexander, who is commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, said he needs look at the cloud environment he is testing out at the NSA.

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