Question

"The Cloud Effect" Please respond to the following: Many firms are relying on cloud computing, also known as “the cloud,” to perform key business functions. By moving transactional processing to the cloud, firms are exposing themselves to additional attacks as well as to tighter scrutiny from regulators and stakeholders. From the e-Activity, assume that you are the CFO of Amazon.com. Create an argument indicating how your firm will be able to balance the needs of security with the desire of being a dominant player in the global market. As the CFO, describe your top-three fears in competing in the global market, and how you plan to overcome those fears. Provide support for your rationale.

Answer 1

As CFO of Amazon.com, in order to balance needs of security, I would like to do penetration testing. I will hire a team of hackers for this .There would need to place authorization and authentication controls to ensures that only those who are given access to these systems are using them and gives the company another form of an audit trail. Types of authentication can be passwords, personal identification numbers, ID badges, or biometric identifiers such as voice control etc.

I would like to do integration testing . I would asked the system developers to check that all the systems are functioning in an integrated manner. They are not functioning as a self system.

I would like to check adequate audit trails in the form of Scarf technique etc are maintained and implemented to check the integrity of the software.

I would like to check adequate system backups are implemented and maintained and kept at safe level so that the systems do not disrupt during emergency and system failure situations under external hazards situation such as fire etc.