IEEE Security & Privacy · 2011 · 18 citations · 0 references
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For many records and information management (RIM) professionals, cloud computing resembles a traditional hosting service: information storage or applications are outsourced to a third-party provider and accessed by the organization through a network connection. However, the information, applications, and processing power in a cloud infrastructure are distributed across many servers and stored along with other customers' information, separated only by logical isolation mechanisms. This presents both new RIM challenges and benefits.