cloud storage - News, Features, and Slideshows

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  The cloud gets in your eyes

  Driven by the inexorable push crush towards digital transformation, investment in cloud services has snowballed in recent years.

  David Braue | 10 Jul | Read more

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  CSO Webinar: Putting your data somewhere safe is one thing – but can you get it back when you need it?

  Today’s businesses are producing so much data that a core part of IT strategy is just finding somewhere to store it.

  CSO staff | 13 Mar | Read more

• Facing ASD backlog, government’s revamped cloud-security policies target agency “frustration”

  The Commonwealth government’s secure cloud strategy may be trying to clear out a cloud-services certification logjam, but worrying cloud malware figures suggest that agencies face an uphill battle sifting through an ever-expanding array of options to match the policy’s goals with the technologies they actually implement.

  David Braue | 09 Feb | Read more

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  Changing fraud patterns are forcing fintech to temper automation with security

  The escalating incidence of fraud may be driving financial institutions to ramp up their data-protection efforts with automation and orchestration tools, but one security executive has warned that many organisations risk exposing themselves if they open themselves too quickly to manage fraud and malicious attackers.

  David Braue | 13 Dec | Read more

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  ​M&A due diligence often reveals deal-breaking cybersecurity issues

  Even as one-time Internet giant Yahoo is swallowed in a $6.5 billion acquisition, merger and acquisitions (M&A) experts have warned that due-diligence audits of companies targeted for acquisition often reveal cybersecurity risks that compromise compliance and could threaten the merger and acquisition activities.

  David Braue | 01 Aug | Read more

• How to use OpenPGP to encrypt your email messages and files in the cloud

  Putting sensitive data in email messages or cloud storage should give you the heebie-jeebies, but a good dose of cryptography can give you peace of mind. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) or its open-source implementation, OpenPGP, is the gold standard of encryption online, and when used properly, has the potential to thwart even the likes of the NSA.

  Eric Geier | 22 Aug | Read more

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  Passwords aren't dying any time soon - here's how to manage them effectively

  It's tough to keep track of all of your passwords. In spite of advances in biometrics, and increased attention on the value of two-factor authentication, passwords remain the primary means of digital security. They're also one of the weakest links in the security chain.

  Tony Bradley | 01 Jul | Read more

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