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 Last week one news item that attracted media attention was the hacking of some nearly 450,000 passwords from Yahoo Service called ‘Yahoo Voice'. The communications on the incident state that, SQL Injection is the primary technique adopted by hackers to get the information out of databa...Jul. 21, 2012 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,591 |
 Cloud security and cloud encryption are a significant challenge for any organization migrating to the cloud. Deploying proper cloud encryption while maintaining control of the encryption keys is an issue we’ve covered in previous blogs as well as in this whitepaper. But when it comes t...Jul. 20, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,989 |
 Identity theft, password breaches, viruses and worms, phishing attacks, Stuxnet—the more we rely upon technology in our increasingly connected world, the greater the risk that we’ll be hacked. Even worse, it seems that the rate at which hacking stories come across the wire is actually ...Jul. 19, 2012 09:51 AM EDT Reads: 2,710 |
 The huge growth in mobile technologies and new free collaboration services (e.g. Dropbox) is forcing organizations to find ways to coexist with these technologies, taking advantage of the efficiencies they bring, and ensuring that their data assets are adequately protected. Organizatio...Jul. 17, 2012 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,545 |
 This thought leadership interview examines the latest efforts to make global supply chains for technology providers more secure, verified, and therefore trusted.
The Open Group has a vision of boundaryless information flow, and that necessarily involves interoperability. But interoper...Jul. 17, 2012 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,177 |
 Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Defense has released its Cloud Computing Strategy for transitioning to cloud services. More here. The Department of Homeland Security is exploring biometrics such as iris and facial scans ... Jul. 17, 2012 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,412 |
 Smartphones, tablets and other communication devices are becoming more and more prolific for a company to use. They're easy, fast and convenient. But sometimes these devices pose unintentional threats to the overall security of an enterprise network. What steps can be taken to ensure a...Jul. 16, 2012 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,229 |
 Canada has a notorious ‘Innovation Gap’, that is seeing the country slip further and further behind the rest of the world embracing the new technology-enabled Knowledge Economy. They are scoring a ‘D for Innovation‘, which is no surprise given they are also scoring a D for ...Jul. 16, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,030 |
 Cybercrime has taken a dangerous turn heralding the emergence of a new generation of attacks focused on corporate and government espionage. These attacks are targeted and persistent leading to leakage of vital state secrets and critical corporate data. These threats have been labeled a...Jul. 14, 2012 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,510 |
 Maybe I’ll start doing an ‘Infographic Friday’ to go along with Lori’s F5 Friday. This one comes to us from Rasmussen College’s School of Technology and Design Cyber Security Program and shows the online risks and offers some good tips on how to better protect your co...Jul. 14, 2012 02:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,917 |
 According to “The State of Adoption of Cloud Applications” a recent survey from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) determined that overcoming the fear of security risks remains the key to adopting and benefiting from cloud applications. In addition it found that while companies globally a...Jul. 5, 2012 04:30 PM EDT Reads: 3,196 |
 "It was my first time at a Cloud Expo show, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. But man, what a blast it turned out to be. Great exhibits, great audience, great floor traffic, great conversations with IT leaders and folks in the channel." With those words, Tom Gaydos - Director, Marketing...Jul. 3, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,041 |
 A recent SC magazine cloud data security article provided an interesting glimpse to a soon-to-be-released “2012 Global SMB Security Market Assessment” by Access Markets International Partners (AMI). According to AMI, SMBs are projected to increasingly shift their security dollars...Jul. 2, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,227 |
 E-signature services offer an innovative and convenient way for businesses of any size to help cut costs, improve efficiency and offer convenience to customers or clients. Delivery of documents and forms through the Internet or cloud-based services takes just seconds. This means less w...Jul. 2, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,907 |
 PerspecSys is a privately held company based in Toronto, Canada that specializes in eliminating the security barriers that inhibit enterprise companies from embracing cloud computing. Many companies want to move to the cloud for operational business purposes but are concerned about how...Jul. 1, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,227 |
 I’ve received a lot of questions lately about security in the Cloud and what CTOs should be considering when they are evaluating it. Here’s my advice, treat the Cloud like an extension of your corporate or production network, don’t treat it or hold it to a lower standard assuming that ...Jun. 30, 2012 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,714 |
 Personalization is usually the first application mentioned for big data, but security may be of even more value to the enterprise |
 Keylogging has taking center stage, and it now deserves our proper attention. After all, keyloggers have been identified as the #1 Global Threat to consumers, corporations and government agencies in the recent 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Symantec Corporation coined ...Jun. 25, 2012 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,010 |
 “cCommerce” – Cloud-based eCommerce, will be made possible through Cloud hosting providers achieving compliance with security frameworks like PCI, the requirements for credit card processing. This will unlock the floodgates of Cloud adoption and usher in a new age of ...Jun. 25, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,919 |
 TORONTO – June 12, 2012 – PerspecSys Inc., the leader in cloud data protection solutions for the enterprise, today announced it has become a Corporate Member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). The CSA is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the us...Jun. 12, 2012 08:35 AM EDT Reads: 1,555 |
 What do the CTOs of the CIA and the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office have in common with the CEOs of Eucalyptus, GoGrid, ActiveState, Appcara, OpSource and Nortonworks, the CTOs of Rackspace, SoftLayer, SOA Software and AppZero, the Founder & Gene...Jun. 10, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,958 |
 Cloud Security has been one of the top challenges reported by organizations that want to migrate to the Cloud. This is a challenge since the organization’s data may now be stored externally that can pose greater challenges to data integrity and compliance. Even though the data may be i...Jun. 7, 2012 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,528 |
 This post is co-written by AdamElkus and Alex Olesker. Before we begin, please understand just how hard it is for us to write this blog. I’ve read Neuromancer countless times, enthusiastically used Snow Crash in undergrad to talk about the future of international relations, an... Jun. 7, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,089 |
 "I finally registered for #CloudExpo," tweeted Michael Baylor (@CloudVisions) Monday. "It's now official," he added, "everyone on the planet is going to be there."
Baylor was just one of thousands of IT professionals who are using Twitter right now to connect with other like-minded ...Jun. 5, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,425 |
The New York Times revealed June 1st what many experts had already asserted regarding the United States role in the Stuxnet attack. While speculation of U.S. involvement complicated international relations on cyber conflict, an acknowledgement of U.S. involvement in a forum such as ... Jun. 5, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,768 |
 With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now under two weeks away, what better time to remind you in greater detail of the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...?May. 31, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 15,199 |
 The need for Encrypting data that is stored on public cloud platform is fully realized by enterprises, as it has got direct legal implications and the credibility of the organisation at stake. As mentioned we may have multiple options like either using specialized middlewa...May. 26, 2012 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,277 |
 Talk of so-called “sea change developments” and “paradigm shifts” has long been rife among the IT media and the web’s wider technology commentary channels.
Right now we’re all talking about cloud, mobile empowerment (let’s not forget the Bring Your Own Device tagline here) and virtual...May. 14, 2012 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,700 |
 With companies increasingly worried about their data in the cloud, a number of providers have cropped up to offer various types of encryption Many studies have shown a chasm between cloud service providers and their customers regarding who is responsible for the security of the custome...May. 11, 2012 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,802 |
 Cloud computing has clearly sparked the imagination of business leaders, who see it as a powerful new way to be innovative and gain first-mover advantages.
It now falls to CIOs to not only rapidly adapt to cloud computing, but to find the ways to protect their employees and customers ...May. 9, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,373 |
 In today’s business world, data is the lifeblood of most organizations. As such, it has become a prime target for both external and internal threats. Data breaches made plenty of headlines in 2011 and don’t show any signs of slowing down. In fact, a recent report from Privacy Rights Cl...May. 9, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,368 |
 Last week the GSA FedRAMP Program Office released the latest version of the cloud computing Security Assessment Plan (SAR) template. This document is the most recent step toward the Federal governments goal of establishing FedRAMP initial operating Capability by June 2012.
The Federa...May. 8, 2012 04:50 AM EDT Reads: 3,765 |
 The age of Big Data is here. Organizations are no longer challenged to find enough data to answer the pertinent questions required for success in today’s dynamic business environment. Rather, companies are struggling to keep pace with the enormous volumes of data invading their organiz...May. 5, 2012 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,086 |
 A recent article in Government Computer News raised the topic of FISMA reporting, specifically describing the “pessimism” of many USG agencies over meeting the September 2012 deadline for “using continuous monitoring to meet Federal Information Security Management Act reporting require...May. 4, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,538 |
 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 th...May. 1, 2012 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,557 |
 IT managers at enterprises of all sizes are exploring cloud computing and virtualization as a way to address conflicting demands within their organizations. These mounting pressures include a lack of internal resources, mandates from the CFO to lower costs, and the struggle to complete...Apr. 30, 2012 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,896 |
 Today, security is undoubtedly the biggest risk and negative side effect to cloud computing. Fortunately, the status quo is about to change. The Trusted Computing Group (TCG), a not-for-profit organization that has developed open standards for computers, networks, storage and mobile de...Apr. 30, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,082 |
 Business standards and compliance services provider SAI Global is benefiting from a strategic view of IT enabled disaster recovery.
When we started to get into DR, we handled it from an IT point of view and it was very much like an iceberg. We looked at the technology and said, "This...Apr. 27, 2012 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,501 |
 Study after study refutes the myth that cybersecurity is compromised by malicious, brilliant hackers. Advanced persistent threats, state-sponsored hackers, and foreign intelligence agencies are serious threats, especially to major targets, but the vast majority of breaches and leaks re...Apr. 26, 2012 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,403 |
 With cloud comes the notion of liberation. Cloud is the natural evolution of the data center. It’s easy to deploy, infinitely scalable, and highly redundant. It is the shiny new component inside the storage controller and is making it possible for an old dog to learn some very impressi...Apr. 25, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,515 |
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