Microsoft assistant general counsel Dennis Garcia has waded into the cloud technology debate. Speaking on a web cast, he says that companies are now moving to cloud computing to increase productivity and save money. But he warned that finding a trusted provider was difficult, as there was no single set of laws governing the fast-evolving industry. Mr Garcia said Microsoft was trying to be proactive in encouraging governments to enact laws to deal with the modern-day cloud computing world.
New laws
He singled out the US Congress' Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act as a step in the right direction. When selecting cloud, he said companies needed to put effort into finding a trusted provider and involve four key stakeholders. These included the in-house legal team, a data-privacy law expert, an information security expert and a representative from the risk management and compliance team. He advised getting these teams involved sooner rather than later and well before the contract was signed. Source: Canada IT
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