Written by Jonathan A. Beckham, with assistance from Audrey T. Borisov, Kedrick N. Eily, and Angela F. Ramson.
In July 2014, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 27018, which sets forth standards and guidelines pertaining to the protection of personal data stored and processed on the cloud. In this Alert, the author discusses the environment in which ISO 27018 was released and its potential impact in combating data protection challenges arising worldwide in connection with personal data stored and processed on the cloud.