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Category Archives: Cloud Security
Cloud Computing confuses Senior IT Professionals :-)
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 »
The 6 Worst Cloud Security Mistakes…
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 »
Fortifying Sun Ray Desktops with Biometric Authentication
Lately I’ve been franctically busy with couple of my ISVs and an SI helping them out on a Citizen-scale National Healthcare Identity Infrastructure solution pilot for one of the populous countries in the Atlantic region – Sorry I cannot disclose the country’s name to abide their privacy laws and to protect my job :-). The solution aims to deliver an Unified Desktop/Voice Infrastructure via Sun Ray… Read more »
Microsoft's Cloud Infrastructure Security…….gets ISO/IEC 27001 certified.
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 »
Encrypted ZFS Automatic Snapshots to Amazon S3 Cloud
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 Security Guidelines from Cloud Security Alliance !
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 »
NIST to set standards for Cloud Security !
Lately NIST is very much intrigued with Cloud computing infrastructures, …not sure it is part of President Obama’s Stimulus plan ! Without doubt it makes the US Government as the most influential Cloud customer. Like everyone else, NIST also feels Security as the paramount challenge ahead before adoption…. ofcourse, Security cannot be an afterthought or post-mortem process after a breach… Read more »
Every Cloud requires a Security lining !
Security is the paramount challenge of Cloud computing – Ofcourse, what is the point of scaling out if your data is available naked on the Internet ? It comes as no surprise to me, to find out the recent IDC research survey revealed Security as the top concern – critical to the success of Cloud adoption. For more details of… Read more »
Amazon EC2 Cloud hosts Spammers !
The CLOUD computing buzz.. always sounded to me like another hosting infrastructure services that builds on XEN Virtualization services. What it makes more compelling is…. it facilitates on-demand/out-sourced datacenter that scales up and allows us to pay-as-you-go for used services. Couple of months ago, I had a chance to try out my own Amazon EC2 Web services account playing with… Read more »