Cloud security and assurance | Whitepaper
Cloud computing enables incredible productivity and dramatic progress in governments’ and their citizens’ abilities to communicate, innovate, and implement new ideas. However, it also introduces new complexities and requires a fresh assessment of how to optimize for its distinct characteristics.
Transforming Government: Cloud Policy Framework for Innovation, Security, and Resilience
To help navigate through those complexities, Microsoft has put forward a set of cloud security policy principles. They build on the commitments that we put at the heart of our trusted cloud: security of operations, data protection and privacy, compliance with local requirements, transparency in how we do business. They call for public policy to be: