Trend Micro's SafeSync for Business is a cloud storage application aimed at workgroup and collaborative app storage and sharing. It goes above and beyond competitors' simple cloud storage or cloud backup offerings.
The Tor Project is tapping Amazon's EC2 cloud service to make it easier for volunteers to donate bandwidth to the anonymity network.
Developers with the project have released preconfigured Tor Cloud images that volunteers can use to quickly deploy bridges that allow users to access the service. The new system is designed to take some of the pain out running such Tor relays by reducing the work and cost of deploying and running the underlying hardware and software.
Cloud computing provides organizations with an alternative way of obtaining IT services and offers many benefits including increased flexibility as well as cost reduction. However many organizations are reluctant to adopt the cloud because of concerns over information security and a loss of control over the way IT service is delivered.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today unveiled the third version of its Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing. This effort provides a practical, actionable road map to managers wanting to adopt the cloud paradigm safely and securely.
Key updates in version three include:
Everybody knows that the cloud -- in particular, the security of cloud deployments -- is a huge pain point industry-wide. And as is the case with any new endeavor with such broad-sweeping impact, there's no shortage of well-meaning advice about how to secure it.
McAfee has turned to its parent company Intel to boost authentication and other features within McAfee's Cloud Security Platform, released in May.
Microsoft has integrated RSA's SecurID multiple authentication technology with Active Directory Federation Services, which lets companies extend identity data from the directory service to the cloud.
While ADFS provides user name and password services, RSA's technology goes several steps further by adding another layer of user authentication by way of a hardware or software token that generates an identifying code every 60 seconds.
Cloud computing, security and the mobile space hold the most growth potential in the coming years, according to IT professionals surveyed by tech staffing firm Modis.
While no single technology dominated that portion of the study, which polled 502 tech workers on issues related to their jobs and the IT industry, those areas took the top three spots. Cloud computing earned 29% of the vote, security tallied 21% and mobile scored 18%.
The “Spear phishing” attack responsible for the RSA network breach network in March demonstrated that e-mail remains the weakest point in enterprise security. Even when spam filtering systems that block a majority of incoming malicious and just plain annoying e-mails, the sheer volume of spam that still gets through presents a huge potential route for attackers to exploit. Now, one mail filtering company is offering a guarantee that it will block at least 99 percent of incoming spam—except if you happen to be Google, Apple, Facebook, or AOL.
Symantec (NSDQ:SYMC) plans to start selling next year cloud-based technology that enables wireless carriers to provide businesses and consumers with options for controlling mobile access to Web sites.
