PlayStation Network failure due to lax security

The recent data breach suffered by the PlayStation Network has led to a good amount of finger-pointing in the computing industry and the cloud has been the target of some of this blame. However, according to InfoWorld, these accusations are unwarranted.

The "less than stellar" network security was to blame for the network outage, not cloud computing architecture, reports the news source.

Furthermore, Sony is not even a cloud service provider, asserts InfoWorld. People who have since been fearful to use cloud technology should look at the fact that there are other technological devices, such as laptops and thumb drives, that are equally susceptible to the massive data loss suffered by Sony's network.

Additionally, the media organization rebukes these accusations with the rebuttal "because Sony did not take the steps necessary to secure their data, how does that reflect on other public cloud computing providers?"

Much of the debate surrounding cloud computing security centers on the question of who exactly is responsible for data integrity. According to the Ponemon Institute, this is an ongoing topic of discussion between cloud service providers and their clients.