Ethan Oberman, CEO of cloud backup and sharing service SpiderOak, has a proposition for enterprises that may be leery about using the cloud because of a perceived lack of security. The best security for cloud storage, he says, is to encrypt the data and not give your service provider the keys to unencrypt it.
Brandon Butler |
21 Aug |
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Cloud computing has taken some heat this week. First, over the weekend Apple co-founder and tech icon Steve Wozniak said he's worried about the "horrendous" problems cloud computing could cause as users yield control of their data to service providers.
Brandon Butler |
09 Aug |
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The official social media accounts of several Major League Baseball teams were compromised Thursday, leading to some embarrassing messages appearing on the Facebook and Twitter accounts and highlighting the risks social media sites can present for the public image of businesses.
Brandon Butler |
03 Aug |
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Amazon Web Services has submitted an entry to the Cloud Security Alliance's Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a move that sheds some light into the security features of its IaaS cloud offering.
Brandon Butler |
23 Jul |
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Federal agencies must be assured priority and uninterrupted access to public cloud resources before fully embracing the technology for national security and emergency response IT functions, a recent report finds.
Brandon Butler |
12 Jul |
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As reports have swirled throughout the day that approximately 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords have been leaked, security experts have been trying to figure out what happened, as well as checking to see if their own passwords have been compromised.
Brandon Butler |
07 Jun |
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LinkedIn today confirmed reports that some of its users' passwords have been compromised.
Brandon Butler |
06 Jun |
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Professional social network LinkedIn is investigating reports that user passwords have been compromised.
Brandon Butler |
06 Jun |
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Coupa, a 2006 startup that helps more than 200 customer companies manage purchasing and procurement, doesn't own any IT infrastructure - it is run completely from the Amazon Web Service Cloud.
Brandon Butler |
31 May |
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When a family with a baby buys a new car, they don't buy a car seat from the vehicle manufacturer: There is specialized equipment to handle the family's most sensitive asset. John Pescatore, a Gartner vice president and security analyst, says cloud security can be thought of in a similar way: Users shouldn't rely on their cloud service provider's security features to protect their most critical data.
Brandon Butler |
25 May |
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One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go model.
Brandon Butler |
17 Dec |
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