Session: Putting Your Trust in the Clouds: Why Trust Matters to the Open Internet

Concise Description:
Cloud Computing is the natural evolution of the continued growth and advancement of the Internet. As such, the issues currently being discussed within the cloud space are not new, and rather, they are a continuation of issues related to the Internet at large. However, business customers, users, governments, and policymakers must gain a “trust” in the security and the free flow of their data across borders, otherwise the cloud--and thus, the Internet--risks being balkanized through restrictions on transnational data flows, requirements for data location in specific countries or regions, and other measures. The workshop will address this problem of trust as it relates to cloud computing.