There’s no denying the convenience of cloud storage tech, but as information gets more sensitive, there’s always the weighing of that convenience against the safety of said data. Where the government and public-sector data is concerned, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said that highly classified public-sector data is not allowed to be stored in cloud environments. At least, not in overseas cloud environments.
Responding to the question of how the government ensures that public and personal data processed by foreign cloud and AI providers remain under Malaysian control, Gobind said that confidential and restricted government data may only be stored in domestic private or hybrid cloud environments. Only open and non-sensitive data may be stored in overseas cloud environments.
