Archive for Security

  • Encryption comes to the cloud... Encryption comes to the cloud…

    Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments. SecureCloud allows you to maintain control over the encryption key used to secure data stored in the Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus or VMware vCloud...

  • The Benefits of Cloud-Based Anti-Spam Solutions The Benefits of Cloud-Based Anti-Spam Solutions

    The architects of the Internet envisioned it as a medium to disseminate information. Data was accessed and often stored on hard disk for later retrieval. At the time, it was probably difficult to foresee the shift spawned by advancements in cloud computing. Many organizations have opted to emb...

  • Deloitte says Security an area of concern in cloud computing Deloitte says Security an area of concern in cloud computing

    Even as an increasing number of Indian firms look at embracing cloud computing, data security continues to remain a primary concern for them, said research firm Deloitte. Cloud computing allows companies to use services, softwares and applications on a pay-per-use model without actually owning an...

  • Salesforce's Chatter for the enterprise Salesforce’s Chatter for the enterprise

    Salesforce.com on Tuesday said that its Chatter corporate social networking platform is now generally available. For existing customers, Chatter is free as a new feature. The company has a Chatter-only option for $15 a month for each user. Chatter takes the best features of Facebook and Twitter a...

  • malware in the cloud malware in the cloud

    Having been one of the many victims of McAfee.com’s ‘false-positive’ problem back in April, I’ve been wondering whether there’s a better way of protecting against malware, as some of the commentary at the time seemed to imply. My quest at the time led to an interview during London’s I...

  • Guest Blog: The Cloud Understands Geography Guest Blog: The Cloud Understands Geography

    ***This is a guest blog post from Patrick Jobin of Storagepipe.com. The views in this post do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CloudComputingZone.com. If you are would like to guest blog for us, use our contact form and send us your submission*** I think that, by this point, most of th...

  • Can Cloud Computing help improve security Can Cloud Computing help improve security

    Cloud computing adds security challenges, but also provides opportunities to improve security posture, according to Steve Lipner, senior director of security engineering strategy at Microsoft. In addition to traditional threats such as cross-site scripting, code injection and denial of service, c...

  • The two very different clouds The two very different clouds

    Here's a great article about different types of clouds... CIO - Many new technologies have emerged in the world of IT but none is more confused and misunderstood than cloud computing. Here is another new technology paradigm that is crying out for a set of common standard definitions and a global ...

  • What is a private cloud? What is a private cloud?

    Despite popular belief, so-called "cloud computing" does not always involve putting your systems out on the open Internet for the world to see. In fact, the "private cloud" is gaining more and more traction as cloud computing matures. What is a private cloud? First, let's talk about cloud computi...

  • Cloud Computing Security Today Cloud Computing Security Today

    One of the most heated debates in all of enterprise computing these days centers on the security of cloud computing. One IT camp argues that cloud computing is inherently more secure because of the ability to invest in all the policies and expertise required to make the overall IT environment s...

  • Government IT advisor says privacy, security different for cloud Government IT advisor says privacy, security different for cloud

    Interesting article about the government's view on cloud computing... The government may have to make sacrifices in such treasured concepts as privacy and sovereignty, so that public sector organisations can take advantage of the “convenience” of the cloud, says a Department of Internal Affai...

  • Verizon offers Cloud security Verizon offers Cloud security

    Verizon Business will offer security as a service from eight of its many worldwide IP network data centers. In making the offering, it's taking a calculated risk that it can convince business users that security, almost always an on-premises and often a hardware-based service, can be offered safely ...

  • Video: Secure network communications within Windows Azure Video: Secure network communications within Windows Azure

    Charlie Kaufman (from Microsoft), gives us details on how the network communications work and are secure within Windows Azure. Topics: » Why don’t we use IPSec between Compute node and store? » Breakdown of virtualization security in Azure » How do we protect against malicious users...