Should The U.S. Government And The Pentagon Put Its Secrets (Including Nuclear Secrets) Into The ' Cloud'

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NextGov: Pentagon Wants Cloud Secure Enough to Hold Nuke Secrets

The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud will be designed to store the government’s most sensitive classified information, including nuclear secrets.

The Defense Department’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud will be designed to host the government’s most sensitive classified data, including critical nuclear weapon design information and other nuclear secrets.

The Pentagon is expected to bid out the controversial JEDI cloud contract this week, and new contracting documents indicate the winning company must be able to obtain the full range of top secret government security clearances, including Department of Energy “Q” and “L” clearances necessary to view restricted nuclear data.

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Update: Pentagon wants nuclear secrets out of the silos and into the cloud (C4ISRNet)

WNU Editor: I have a web project on the side that involves keeping a lot of data and information. The company that takes care of our website advised us recently that we should move everything into the "cloud". The rational was that it is more efficient, cheaper, and easier to maintain. I said no. Not because of hackers (the cloud is as secure as anything) .... but because I am worried on what may happen if a catastrophic event should occur .... such as a massive solar flare that destroys much of the world's electronics, or a computer virus that is unprecedented in its destructive abilities. Or something more down to earth .... such as a change in government policy that may decide what may (or may not) be permitted in the cloud. But that is just me. For the Pentagon and the government .... they are going to put their data and secrets into the cloud .... on that I have no doubt. I just hope that they keep a back-up in case of one of those "events" happen. As to who is going to get this contract .... that is an easy one .... it will either be Amazon or L3 Technologies.