Are you still a skeptic about cloud computing? Do you remember when you refused to bank online because it couldnāt be safe? I do. In fact, I even remember working with one of the leading banks in Canada when the CIO declared that no employees should have access to the Internetāfor any business reason, ever….
Read MoreTrend Micro CEO Eva Chen took part in a Security Experts Roundtable at the InformationWeek 500 Conference in September. She was joined by Pacific Northwest Labs’ Jerry Johnson, RSA’s Mischel Kwon, and Time Warner’s Renee Guttman who shared their thoughts with Alex Wolfe about the changing nature of threats and the challenge of securing the…
Read MoreCloud-based security as a service offerings have seen a steady increase in popularity, due to the benefits that the deployment model provides. Security as a service enables rapid provisioning, cost savings and enhanced security through real-time updates and the community effect. With the explosive adoption of public cloud computing it’s time we apply the techniques…
Read MoreHypervisors bring new capabilities to us, but they also bring new computing risks. Understanding this new environment is important. As virtualization becomes mainstream, we need to find ways to identify risks and protect these new infrastructures. Hypervisors, while central to all virtualization methods, are a core risk area. Hypervisors are a “meta” operating system in…
Read MoreWhen your servers are in the cloud, then your own perimeter provides no protection, the security is often ālowest common denominator securityā which undermines both confidence and compliance. Co-location of virtual instances and data with that of strangers, competitors and possibly even malicious actors (we have already seen criminal activity being hosted in Amazonās EC2…
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