# Open source makes Akash as secure as or more secure than AWS

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-10-26
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Network CEO on competing with Amazon AWS, decentralized cloud computing, and free speech (Yahoo Finance)
- **Watch at:** 00:03:36 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESTCd9nb5CM&t=216s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-10-26-open-source-makes-akash-as-secure-as-or-more-secur-p2sa/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Open source makes Akash as secure as or more secure than AWS," Akash Network CEO on competing with Amazon AWS, decentralized cloud computing, and free speech (Yahoo Finance), 26 Oct 2021, 00:03:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESTCd9nb5CM&t=216s

## Quote — verbatim

> It's probably more secure than your traditional Amazon because Akash being open source, all our source code is actually open for a public audit, so it offers similar levels if not better levels of security guarantees Amazon's or the big cloud offers.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Rebutting the host's security concern about choosing Akash over AWS.