[LINK] When your Cloud turns out to be a Nimbus

[Roger Clarke]

Google's Post-Incident Report on its UniSuper stuff-up
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/details-of-google-cloud-gcve-incident

A media report on it:
UniSuper's Google cloud deletion traced to "blank parameter" in setup
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/unisupers-google-cloud-deletion-traced-to-blank-parameter-in-setup-608286

It appears that UniSuper had appropriate backup and recovery 
arrangements in place.  The organisation seems to have taken a while to 
get into gear, but it appears that the recovery worked okay.


Here's an analysis of contingent risks in cloud computing:
http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/CCBR.html#TRC (from 14 yrs back)

And here's a take on cloud backup issues:
http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/FPTB.html (published 9 yrs ago)


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Visiting Professorial Fellow                          UNSW Law & Justice
Visiting Professor in Computer Science    Australian National University