[Cialug] Off topic: Evaluating Cloud Service Providers

[Josh More]

No, but the questionnaire contains everything that the working group has
discovered in the 5 or so years they've been working on it.  You can always
take a subset of the things you personally care about and craft a much
simpler one.

-Josh

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:09 PM, Dave Weis <djweis at sjdjweis.com> wrote:

> That's very thorough but unless you're spending ten thousand plus per month
> I'm guessing you won't get any replies to your questionnaire.
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:03 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just read this article
> > https://gizmodo.com/whats-slack-doing-with-your-data-1820838887 I want
> to
> > put together a list of questions that should be answered before a company
> > should entrust their data to a third party.  I'm not talking about
> > individuals.
> >
> > In broad strokes, what am I missing?
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > Is data encrypted on the servers
> >
> > Exactly who (roles, groups, etc.) on the cloud side can read what parts
> > (metadata, history, versions, data) of my data
> >
> > Is it physically possible for a cloud provider employee go rogue and look
> > at my data
> >
> > What countries does my data reside in
> >
> > For every legal jurisdiction that my data resides in, what are the cloud
> > provider's legal risks and obligations
> >
> > What notifications will I receive regarding law enforcement requests for
> my
> > data and when
> >
> > Other than billing for the services, in what ways does the cloud provider
> > monetize my data
> >
> > What other companies are given my data and under what circumstances
> >
> > What are the cloud provider's retention policies after resource (files,
> > emails, files) deletion
> >
> > What are the cloud provider's retention policies after contract
> termination
> >
> > Has the provider been hacked, in great detail
> >
> > Can I terminate my contract early with the cloud provider if I learn that
> > they have not been honest with me in their answers to these questions
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