My post on ReadWriteWeb about Amazon's Public EBS Snapshots getting some coverage in IT World Canada:
A poorly designed feature in Amazon’s Web Services platform could present a security risk for developers or programmers that are new to the cloud, according to a cloud computing consultant.
Jonathan Siegel, CEO and founder of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based ELC Technologies, said the issue stems from the AWS Web console, which gives users the option to make their online backup snapshots — similar to a tape backup — public or private. The default setting is private, but some users are mistakenly checking off public, and publishing secure data to the world.
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