Is The OpenStack Cloud Platform Secure?

Security concerns generally appear near the top of surveys in which IT and business executives are asked about barriers to cloud adoption. Given that, security should factor into any discussion of the cloud.

At the OpenStack Summit this week, security professionals within the open source community discussed the current state of how security is handled in the cloud platform project. While OpenStack does have a security model in place, there is still room for improvement.

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