Last week’s Storms Raise Questions about Safety of Cloud Computing

A look at the week of July 2 in public advocacy for the IT channel: Electrical outages caused by storms over the past weekend at an Amazon data center in Ashburn, Va., are forcing federal officials to reconsider its shift to cloud computing managed by the private sector, says the Washington Post. Senators are hoping to move forward from a political standoff regarding two opposing cybersecurity bills once they return from the July 4^th congressional recess, says The Hill. Unemployment rates for veterans are significantly worse than their non-veteran counterparts, says National Public Radio.

Friday’s Storms Raise Questions about Safety of Cloud Computing – Electrical outages caused by storms over the weekend at an Amazon data center in Ashburn, Va. are forcing federal officials to reconsider the government’s shift to cloud computing, says the Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) says that the massive disruptions caused over the weekend exposed vulnerabilities to the cloud computing system as well as serious privacy issues.

Senate Ready to Move on Cybersecurity Legislation, but Differences Remain – Senators are hoping to move forward from a political standoff regarding two opposing cybersecurity bills once they return from the July 4^th recess, says National Public Radio. Host Melissa Block sat down recently with the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, to address some of the challenges for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan – including post-traumatic stress disorder and a lack of networking skills.