[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/21/2021 11:21 AM, chris wrote:
> On 12/21/21 00:46, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> Compare and contrast fully patched system in a co-location facility /
>> Virtual Private Server in the cloud which is utilizing disk encryption,
>> can't decrypt anything (on boot) without (remote) operator interaction,
>> verses a server in an office that hasn't ever been patched and is
>> internet accessible.
> 
> Cherry picking the most extreme cases as an example is hardly a valid 
> argument.
> 
> What was that date center that burned down recently ?, took weeks to
> get all the customers back up and running and understand that some are
> still waiting. Ok, rare event, but trust an external supplier like
> that and you really need to understand the risks. That's why companies
> with long experience of IT, like Barclays, choose to keep all data local 
> onsite...

Barclays chose on-prem.

But that is not a universal picture across banks.

A quick google of some big banks revealed:

Barclays - private cloud
Deutsche Bank - Google cloud
HSBC - Amazon cloud
JP Morgan - multi cloud
Bank of America - IBM cloud
Citibank - private cloud
Goldman Sachs - Amazon cloud
BNP Paribas - private cloud
UBS - Microsoft cloud

They are all over.

Arne