'I think this type of personal backup service is more inherently unsecure due to the type of access allowed. 'There are security, password and identity-management issues with all types of IT systems that can and have been hacked,' Krans said. Individuals' cloud-based accounts aren't likely to be as well protected as companies' cloud-based systems, he said. However, what enterprise executives need to remember is that the cloud is not inherently less secure than any other IT deployment platform, said Allan Krans, an analyst with Technology Business Research. 'I would think that all of this would give potential corporate and government customers pause.' 'What happens when true professionals start taking a run at data stored in the cloud?' Olds asked. 'Wouldn't someone who was motivated to make money have even more motivation to steal trade secrets and things like that?'Ī hacker going after an enterprise would be more motivated and might work harder, he said. 'While some people might think that this is just celebrity-chasing, consider that the guy who revealed all of this stuff didn't make any money on it,' said Olds. Dan Olds, an analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group, said the reported hack is not good news for cloud computing.
