Some of the major barriers to the adoption of cloud computing involve trust and security. Part of the problem is that even if the parties are prepared to exchange information, the many-to-many relationships mean a lot of work.
You are a small or medium-sized business, a data anchovy in a sea of hacker sharks eager to make you their lunch. What can you do—and how can you afford—to keep your data secure?
An increasing number of smaller firms are opting to school for protection, off site and, they hope, out of sight of the sharks. Outsourcing data storage and software operations to an IT management firm is finally catching on in the small and medium-sized business world, which accounts for the vast majority of companies in the U.S.
EU adoption of cloud services is being held back by inconsistent approaches to security in the laws of member states, Google has told the European Commission. The company’s submission is part of a public consultation that will help to shape future EU policy on a range of issues raised by cloud services, such as security and data protection.
Symantec this week introduced what it calls the Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, a cloud-based service that works with an on-premises software component to keep track of SSL server certificates used by an organization.
The events of Sept. 11, 2001 opened the minds of CIOs to a Pandora’s box of possibilities.
A decade ago, tech executives had no concept of the magnitude of attacks that could take place on our own soil. For the first time, we became more aware of our vulnerabilities — at our homes, in our country and within our IT infrastructure.
There's a thunderbolt of change coming in cloud-based identity management, with new possibilities for single sign-on (SSO) and provisioning through cloud-based services.
Comprehensive DDoS protection; and centralised attack analysis by the Imperva SOC
Imperva, a data security offerings provider for high-value business data in the data centre, has launched its secure cloud-based service - Imperva Cloud DDoS Protection - that the company says safeguards businesses from debilitating and protracted Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Cloud computing isn't just opening up new opportunities for legitimate organizations worldwide; it's also proving a potential boon for cybercriminals as it inexpensively and conveniently puts disposal powerful computing resources at their fingertips, which helps them quickly and anonymously do their dirty deeds.
Today we are at the cusp of change in the technology world. Several megatrends – cloud, virtualization, consumerization of IT and information explosion – are coming together to dramatically alter the way we work and play. Today’s employees expect and demand to work on the move just as effectively as they would on a stationary PC. And they want to do this on devices that they choose – across form factors (smartphone/tablet) and platforms.
Eran Feigenbaum knows a thing or two about risk. He moonlights as the TV and stage magician “Eran Raven,” known for stunts involving snakes, scorpions, and razor blades. He once played Russian roulette with nail guns on the NBC show Phenomenon, and in August he did a five-day run at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
