Cloud Security Journal

Click Here to Download Buyer's Guide Now! Independent industry security expert Gunnar Peterson provides the analysis and decision support that will enable you make an informed choice when evaluating Security Gateways. Guide describes security architecture capabilities, common business use cases, and deployment considerations. Upon registration you will receive access to the white paper and a customizable technical RFP matrix. Click Here to Download Buyer's Guide Now! ... (more)

Intel & McAfee on Mission to End Cloud Nail-Biting

Security concerns are the biggest thing holding back cloud adoption, but Intel says it'll take it and its pricey $7.68 billion McAfee acquisition at least another five years to bring cloud security up to the best-in-class traditional enterprise security available now. Not very reassuring is it. Intel also says, "A private cloud added to your IT infrastructure is like adding another door to your house - it's another entry point for bad guys to get in." Oh, great, just what we need. Despite those sobering thoughts Intel is still expecting more than three billion connected users ... (more)

A Fistful of Fears: Our Top Five Security Issues

If you work in information technology and you passed through the city of London over the last week it would have been hard not to notice the InfoSec IT security conference being held at the Earl's Court exhibition center. Logically of course, certain themes and trends came out of this event, which (at a macroeconomic level at least) may provide some insight for chief information officers trying to analyse the state of their current security operation as they try to quantify the vulnerabilities that they may be harboring within their firm's operational structure. Whether we are al... (more)

Cloud Expo New York: Cloud Security for Regulated Industries – CloudAudit

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Regulation of consumer and corporate data is increasing in response to the growing movement into cloud service offerings. Coupled with high-profile intrusions by groups such as Anonymous and Lulzsec, the necessity for a standard way to assess the security of cloud service providers becomes apparent. CloudAudit is an open standard developed by a Cloud Security Alliance working group that provides an open, common, extensible namespace and interface to enable cloud providers and authorized customers to automate audits, assertions, assessments... (more)

Cyber Security in the Cloud: Trends, Challenges & Solutions at Cloud Expo

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Information Security and Risk has become a top concern of IT organizations and consumers alike. Concern about inadequate Info Security remains the #1 obstacle to greater adoption of Cloud Computing, according to Intel's research. The rapid growth of Mobile and IP-connected Embedded devices, Cloud Computing, Social Networks, and "Consumerization of IT" is being met with, and in some cases contributing to, an escalating number and complexity of Cyber-threats. Tenants of the cloud need the ability to assess security standards, trust security i... (more)