Jim Seward (@VersionOne) asked me to take a look at this research study (by Version One, UK) about the confusion surrounding cloud computing amongst senior IT professionals – I’m not sure it includes your boss ! This high-level study was conducted with a group of 60 Senior IT professionals at UK….. has revealed some interesting findings. 41% of senior IT professionals admit that they “don’t… Read more »
I just had a chance to read this article at DarkReading….it enumerates the following six common security mistakes found with businesses while adopting to Cloud infrastructure based services : Mistake #1: Assuming the cloud is less secure than your data center. Mistake #2: Not verifying, testing, or auditing the security of your cloud-based service provider. Mistake #3: Failing to vet your… Read more »
I did’nt get a chance to experience with Microsoft’s Cloud infrastructure….but it’s quite interesting to see Microsoft gone “proactive” on Security with its Cloud infrastrusture ! When everyone else is still itching the head with a burning stick ….Microsoft cloud users may breathe a sigh of relief 🙂 Recently, Microsoft Cloud infrastructure team (Global Foundation Services division) published a document on their security features which highlights… Read more »
Are you test driving Amazon S3 cloud as your backup storage and worried about your data security ? Now, Amazon S3 users can have a compelling encrypted backup solution by adopting to OpenSolaris and ZFS. Few months ago, I had my first experience with ZFS Automatic Snapshots which allows to backup and preserve the filesystem at timed intervals. Last week I noted from Glenn Brunette that… Read more »
Cloud Computing Security is getting hot this summer ! Without a doubt, the Cloud security issues has emerged as a top concern and gained got a lot of interests in the RSA conference ’09 (held last week). To the surprise, the newly formed “Cloud Computing Security Alliance” presented a report covering the critical areas of focus and provided a comprehensive… Read more »
IT Security, Compliance Auditing and Governance has been on my focal areas for many years now…but I did’nt have a chance to explore it more closely due to my hands-on technical focus on implementing security solutions. Ofcourse, you can’t practice IT security implementation and compliance auditing together as a job – that certainly defeats the fundamental principles of security. So… Read more »