Items Tagged with "Cloud Computing"
Big Opportunities in the Cloud
May 16, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
Purists were adamant that the Private Cloud was flawed and that it could not deliver the benefits of the Public Cloud. On the other hand organizations were highly skeptical of the Public Cloud, listing its shortcomings in terms of security, reliability, compliance and control...
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The Absurdity of Cloud Computing and Hosted Services
May 13, 2012 Added by:Dan Dieterle
Many companies are turning to online services to help cut costs and restore some level of IT support to their organizations. But what truly makes you think that these online services are not going through the same internal cutbacks and employee changes to cut costs of their own?
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Is Cloud Security in the Clouds?
May 10, 2012 Added by:Jayson Wylie
Cloud security threats can come from the lack of designed and implemented security by the provider. This may be intentional or not but the lack of oversight or negligence in this area can potentially cause disputes over the difference of control versus accountability...
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The Patchwork Cloud: Making the Security Case
May 06, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
When we think about cloud computing we can think of security as getting a bit of a gentle push, or shove in some cases. The way it is built and billed as services instead of individual components, and the increased emphasis on automation - security has a real chance of not being a roadblock...
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More on Banking 2.0 - Who Ya Gonna Trust?
May 01, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
Banks sit on a far higher level of the trust spectrum than do companies like Google and Apple – at least in consumers minds. A study commissioned in 2010 that found that telecoms were seen as the second most trusted group, after banks, for securing personal information...
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Unmasking Agility: Cloud Reality or Myth of Marketing Hype?
May 01, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Agility is the ability of the IT department to provide services that adapt to the changing needs of your organization faster than before, with on-premise servers, systems and staff. Increasing your business' agility means that IT has done something to contribute to a business...
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The Patchwork Cloud - A Model Driven Approach
April 28, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
As we discussed at OWASP AppSec APAC in Sydney recently, there is still too much focus being given to the security of infrastructure, and we're spending a disproportionate amount of time on the security of networks, servers, etc. rather than actually looking at the applications...
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More on the IT Business Boiling Point
April 23, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
This tension between old and new is interesting to watch and has some interesting parallels within organizations. I’m talking about the tension that exists between IT and business units. The former who want to ensure security and control, the latter who simply want to get stuff done...
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Cloud Adoption Tension: IT vs Business
April 19, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
On the side of IT it’s all about security, control and transparency. On the side of the business, it’s years of frustration at slow and cumbersome IT procurement processes – they want to get stuff done. It’s fair to say that we’re still in the Wild West of cloud adoption...
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Shadow IT - Why Security is Scrambling to Reinvent Itself
April 17, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Shadow IT is the leading cause of many of the "reinventions" that IT organizations across the globe are going through. For many CIOs the ground is moving underneath their feet, and if they're not actively moving to counter it, there are some very serious consequences...
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Understanding DevOps vs NoOps
April 15, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
DevOps represents a fundamental shift in how applications are being delivered to the new 'web' via cloud, mobile and other channels. NoOps, as some understand it, effectively spells the end of the formal silos built around development, operations and quality testing teams...
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ENISA: Guidelines for Monitoring Cloud Computing Contracts
April 05, 2012
Cloud computing services are increasingly important for governments and businesses, and information security is a key pain-point. To help solve this problem ENISA released a guide focusing on continuous security monitoring throughout the life-cycle of a cloud contract...
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Cloud Security: Forecast Sunny with Possibility of Showers
April 04, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Even as companies are adapting to this new paradigm, there are growing concerns about the safety of their data in the cloud. Incidents at cloud service providers like Dropbox highlight dangers of storing information in the cloud...
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Cloud Services Strategy: Security First - Growth Second
March 30, 2012 Added by:Richard Stiennon
Cisco, Juniper, Oracle, and Microsoft might have security initiatives and even good sales of security products. But security takes a back seat to functionality too often. Why are there no secure switches? Secure apps for Windows? Or secure databases?
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Cloud Security and the Enterprise
March 30, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
We need to ensure that legislation and regulations for cloud services truly reflect the realities of the cloudy world we live in and do not allow for a shotgun approach to compliance that primarily meets the needs of just one powerful interest group...
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Data Back-Up Strategies for Your Business
March 26, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Do you backup data? One of the problems with getting a small businesses to secure data is they think they need to load up thumbdrives, DVDs or tape devices manually. This is in fact tedious and overwhelming. I’ve got news for you, data backup is easy...
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Infosec Island v2
December 24, 2011The latest version of Infosec Island is now available. There are more content options and more ways to connect and interact with your peers.
Thanks to everyone for a great year, and we're looking forward to an excellent 2012!