Letting Go of Control - #BSidesATL 2010

A Twelve-Step Program for Embracing the Cloud

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1. Letting Go of Control A 12-Step Program for Embracing the Cloud with host Taylor Banks Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
2. Hi, I’m Taylor • and I’m a control freak. • and I’m a security professional. • and I’m a bit OCD. • and I just put my data in the cloud. Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
3. Step 1: Admit that you are powerless over cloud Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
4. Step 1: Admit that you are powerless over cloud The cloud is coming Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
5. Step 1: Admit that you are powerless over cloud The cloud is coming Recognize that it’s happening Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
6. Step 1: Admit that you are powerless over cloud The cloud is coming Recognize that it’s happening You are [not] in control Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
7. The cloud is coming Recognize that it’s happening You are [not] in control CONTROL Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
8. *These statements have not been evaluated by the CSA This presentation is not designed to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any cloud security problems / conditions. Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
9. Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
10. Step 2: Believe that a provider greater than yourself exists and is necessary to meet the needs of your dynamic customer population Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
11. Step 2: Believe that a provider greater than yourself exists and is necessary to meet the needs of your dynamic customer population •100,000,000 purchase orders •100,000 hackers from China •100 users from Iowa Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
12. Step 3: Make a decision to turn your life and your will over to (as we understand Google) Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
13. Step 4: Make a searching and fearless inventory of your datacenter Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
14. Step 5: Admit to Google, to yourself, and another human being the exact nature of your data indiscretions Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
15. Step 6: Demonstrate a readiness to remote desktop Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
16. Step 7: Humbly ask others to host your data Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
17. Step 8: Make a list of places where your data remains unprotected and be willing to encrypt it all Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
18. Step 9: Encrypt all unprotected data except when to do so would affect its usability Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
19. Step 9: Encrypt all unprotected data except when to do so would affect its usability ` Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
20. Step 10: Continue to inventory your use of the cloud and when wrong, promptly admit it Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
21. Step 11: Seek through prayer and mediation to improve your conscious contact with Google as we understand Google, praying only for knowledge of Google's will for us and the power to carry that out Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
22. Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening, carry this message to other control freaks and practice these principles in your affairs Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010
23. Thank you! Taylor@Cloudin48.com Copyright (C) 2010 by Taylor Banks Saturday, October 9, 2010