Security in the Cloud

Cloud computing simplifies security issues for users by outsourcing them to companies such as Microsoft, which recently opened a $550 million data center in Chicago. Credit: Microsoft Corp.

Gary Anthes

November 1, 2010

Cloud computing offers many advantages, but also involves security risks. Fortunately, researchers are devising some ingenious solutions.

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