Privacy and Security Not the Only Concerns in the Cloud
Written by Jonathan Cain
Security and privacy are the most frequently expressed concerns about cloud computing (defined for this article to include software as a service, platform as a service and storage as a service), but for companies that engage in research, design, development, manufacturing and servicing of items that are subject to U.S. export controls, cloud computing poses another risk that must be properly managed to avoid the substantial penalties that flow from unlicensed exports of technical data.
For more information, see our Mintz Levin Privacy and Security Client Alert here.
Author
Cynthia J. Larose
Member / Chair, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Cynthia J. Larose is Chair of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, a Certified Information Privacy Professional-US (CIPP-US), and a Certified Information Privacy Professional-Europe (CIPP-E). She works with clients in various industries to develop comprehensive information security programs on the front end, and provides timely counsel when it becomes necessary to respond to a data breach.