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The Cloud's Biggest Risks |
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 |
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Lock-In
Probability: High
Impact: Medium
Risk: High
"There is currently little on offer in the way of tools, procedures or standard data formats or services interfaces that could guarantee data and service portability," says ENISA, which makes it hard for customers to move data and services from one provider to another, or to and from in-house environments.
The report points to the risk of a "run on the bank," where a crisis of confidence in the cloud provider's financial position causes a mass exodus of customers. "In a situation where a provider limits the amount of 'content' … which can be 'withdrawn' in a given timeframe, some customers will never be able to retrieve their data and applications."
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