The advantages of cloud computing were covered back in Chapter $5$ of your text, and Discussion $1$ of Week $5$ featured a conversation about the attributes and options cloud computing offered an organization.

Review both the Chapter $5$ and Chapter $7$ material on cloud computing, and then read the Interactive Session Management How Secure is the Cloud? on pages $324$ and $325$ of the text, and respond to the following questions:

What kinds of security problems does cloud computing pose? How serious are these problems?

What management, organization and technology factors are responsible for cloud security problems? To what extent is cloud security a management rather than a technology issue?

What steps can organizations take to make their cloud$-$based systems more secure$?$

Should companies use the public cloud to run their mission$-$critical systems? Why or why not?

What are the risks and why might the potential rewards still make using a public cloud acceptable? What can management do to mitigate if not totally eliminate the security risks of a public cloud system?