[en] Cloud outages: "#Concentration is the real risk" - Prof Doug #Jacobson

For example, #DNS ... has quietly become a single point of failure ... DNS is not alone.

#Cloud outages are getting more #expensive. "#Centralization magnifies these costs."

"... concentration means that a single configuration error, routing issue or attack can ripple across much of the web."

https://theconversation.com/why-cloud-service-outages-ripple-across-the-internet-and-the-economy-272241

#cybersecurity #spof #outage #crowdstrike #iastate

Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

It makes sense for companies and organizations to outsource key internet services, but with those services in the hands of a few corporations, failures have a wide impact.

The Conversation