Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> wrote:

> In other words, you always need proper (ie, versioned) backups.
> Using a "cloud" is no excuse, as those guys are not paid to be competent
> (from your point of view), they're paid to generate revenue.

I didn't say cloud providers weren't paid to be competent - the disappearing 
photos issue was a basic "attacker has enough info to operate password reset 
mechanism" problem, and he got some of that info from social engineering 
another account at another provider. That latter bit could, in many cases, be 
as simple as looking at the target's Farcebork page to find their birthday or 
pets name.

But yes, it really comes down to "have good backups". Plus, "cloud is not a 
backup".
Sadly, it is "not that uncommon" to see supposedly professional IT people 
pushing cloud as though it's a "stuff it in the cloud and it's an SEP*" fix for 
all security and availability issues.
Seriously, I have seen cases where "backup" is implemented as "syncs with a 
cloud account, no further thought required"


* SEP = Someone Else's Problem



Simon Hobson


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