The Information Security Community Site is an Online Companion to this textbook

The Information Security Community Site is an Online Companion to this textbook

The Information Security Community Site is an Online Companion to this textbook. It Contains

A Wide variety of tools , information , Discuss boards , and Other features to assists learners

1.       Go to community .cengage.com/infosec2 and click the sign in icon to log in .

2.       Click forums ( Discussion ) and

3.       Click on security + case projects (6^th edition)  read the following case study

A Hospital decided to use cloud computing for Processing and storage to save costs . After

Sevral months it was discovered that the cloud providers storage facilities were compromised and patient information was stolen . the hospital maintained that the cloud provider should be punished

And fined for the breach , while the provider responded that it was still the hospitals responsibility under hippa to secure patient information and the hospital was ultimately responsible.

Task:

1.       Who do you think should be responsible ? the cloud provider or the hospital ?

2.       If the cloud provider is responsible , then should software companies like Microsoft be held liable?

3.       For a vulnerability for the user end and the vendor begin ?