Opinions vary on whether cloud databases are more or less secure than in-house hosted databases. Some experts claim that cloud databases from reputable vendors such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle are far more secure than in-house hosted ones. Others claim that the risk of mismanagement by a cloud vendor is too high; organizations should store critical and confidential data only in-house.

Working with your team, take a position on this issue by answering the following questions:

1. a. Search the Internet for ISO 27001. Explain the purpose of this standard.
2. Does compliance with ISO 27001 mean that a data center is secure? Does it mean that no security threat against compliant data centers will be successful? What does it mean?
3. Search the Internet for evidence that Microsoft Azure complies with ISO 27001. Summarize your findings.
4. Search the Internet for evidence that Amazon's EC2 complies with ISO 27001. Summarize your findings.