Cloud computing is simply computers somewhere else, dolling out
software or hardware recourses over the Internet or local
network. The inherent risks all still exist, but not on site.
Despite this, the cloud has become quite popular with businesses
and institutions as a way of storing and accessing data and
information on demand. Some of these institutions, including
large US law firms, are slowly and reluctantly implementing the
use of these services, but have fears that sensitive information
could potentially be compromised (hacked) by exploiting their
relatively weak security measures. Using these services, such as
IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service), StaaS (storage-as-a-
service), and PaaS (platform-as-a-service), can be both
beneficial and potentially risky for those involved in the US
justice system. On one side of the cloud coin, major law firms
can store an incredible amount of legal documentation that can
be accessed at any given point for documentation management.
This means that records are less like