The emergence of a new SQL injection attack has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of industry analysts that remain confident enterprise data will be pushed into cloud-hosted databases on an ever-increasing basis.
David Braue | 07 Dec | Read more
Large-volume hackers have become cloud pioneers, utilising public infrastructure to threaten companies that often effect ambitious but poorly-considered cloud-computing strategies, a security industry technologist has warned.
David Braue | 01 Dec | Read more
Cloud computing is revolutionising the way organisations across the world use technology. Despite the stigma cloud computing has gained following a series of high-profile data breaches, the cloud CAN be secure. Patrick Eijkenboom, principal consultant at NetIQ, discusses the importance of using a governance framework for a secure cloud computing environment, regardless of the model you adopt.
Patrick Eijkenboom | 30 Nov | Read more
At the end of my Cloud Expo West presentation last week, I was asked, "How can we verify that a Cloud provider actually has all of these infrastructure and security mechanisms in place?" It's a great question, one that deserves a fuller answer than I was able to give in the time available.
Thomas J. Trappler | 29 Nov | Read more
Governments wanting to take full advantage of cloud computing must completely rethink security, attendees of Trend Micro's Canberra Cloud Security Conference were told yesterday.
Stilgherrian | 24 Nov | Read more
Legal complexities make it difficult to use public cloud computing, according to Raimund Genes, Trend Micro's chief technology officer. Unless you're a criminal, that is.
Stilgherrian | 24 Nov | Read more
Google, Verizon, Intel, McAfee, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> and Savvis are joining a <a href="https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/initiatives/security-guidance/">voluntary program set up by the Cloud Security Alliance</a> that provides public information about whether contributors comply with CSA-recommended cloud-security practices.
Tim Greene | 18 Nov | Read more
The good news is that Collective Intelligence (CI), the engine for Internet security created in 2006 by <a href="http://blogs.csoonline.com/1581/one_of_the_worst_quarters_ever_for_security">Panda Security's malware research laboratory</a>, recently processed its 200 millionth malware file via the cloud. That's also the bad news.
Taylor Armerding | 12 Nov | Read more
With all the publicity about breaches of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/081811-ssl-249874.html">SSL certificate authorities</a> and a hack that exploits a vulnerability in the supposedly secure protocol, it's time to consider something else to protect Internet transactions. If only there were something else to turn to.
Tim Greene | 02 Nov | Read more
Preparing to really push the virtualization envelope? Check! Readying an aggressive cloud strategy? Check! Gearing up to embrace mobility and consumerization of IT? Check! Having a datacenter network capable of securely supporting all this? Maybe not.
The need to manage risk will result in organisations adopting hybrid clouds as the preferred cloud delivery model, according to Dean Kingsley, who heads the technology risk practice within the Enterprise Risk Services division at Deloitte in Sydney.
Stilgherrian | 26 Oct | Read more
Business agility and the demand for quick turnaround to infrastructure and application requirements to service organisational growth have fuelled the rise of cloud services. For organisations that have had their IT system requirements held back by traditional sourcing and project based delivery of information technology, cloud seems to be the answer.
Puneet Kukreja | 25 Oct | Read more
The hard sell around cloud computing is in full swing, but many potential customers are finding it hard to evaluate the security profiles of potential providers and should take a broader view of their objectives and standards, an expert in the auditing of IT security infrastructures has warned.
David Braue | 21 Oct | Read more
Security, cited as an issue with cloud computing when the concept began to take hold several years ago, remains a pivotal concern for developers, an IBM official stressed on Wednesday afternoon.
Paul Krill | 20 Oct | Read more
ICloud, Apple's new cloud storage service, which officially launches this week, is an iPad/iPhone lover's dream and IT security professional's nightmare.
Maria Korolov | 12 Oct | Read more
Information about how to securely navigate in the public clouds is, well, cloudy. We asked enterprise IT folks and IT consultants what resources they turned to get educated on this particular topic. The responses can loosely be broken down into three categories: niche conferences; big conferences, and authoritative voices accessible on the Internet.
Christine Burns | 12 Oct | Read more
Security is one of the major impediments to enterprises moving their resources into the cloud. So, it's not surprising that numerous cloud security companies are springing up, attempting to address specific cloud security issues, like protecting virtual machines or encrypting data in motion.
Christine Burns | 12 Oct | Read more
More and more enterprise IT shops - as they get comfortable with virtualization practices in their own private clouds - are considering a jump to the public cloud. But before making that leap, consider these pieces of advice from those that have already jumped.
Christine Burns | 12 Oct | Read more
A rush by President Barack Obama's administration to move U.S. government agencies to cloud computing services may lead to unintended security problems and other headaches, some lawmakers said Thursday.
Grant Gross | 07 Oct | Read more
Computer and data security is becoming a much more complex issue to manage for many businesses and consumers. Webroot hopes to simplify it, and make sure you are protected no matter what device or platform you might be using with the <a href="http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer-products.html">launch of SecureAnywhere</a>.
Tony Bradley | 05 Oct | Read more