The Cloud Security Alliance recently released a white paper on cloud computing vulnerability incidents spanning the last five years. They looked at more than 11 thousand news articles regarding cloud computing-related incidents to determine the top reasons behind outages. Did you know 64 percent of the outages can be attributed to one of three causes: Insecure Interfaces…
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The waters of cloud security remain relatively murky for some, as many third-party contractors get involved in the highly collaborative process. Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore to define a new scheme under the CSA Open Certification Framework and the Singapore Multi-Tier Cloud Security standard.
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One of the biggest enemies of cloud security within a company isn’t outsider threats or even knowing insiders: It’s employees who aren’t following the rules and likely don’t even know it. Forbes reported that CEB, an advisory firms, found 60 percent of firms have suffered a major data breach and don’t even know it.
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Businesses are always looking for ways to strengthen their data security and alleviate customer concerns. Many may figure that using a bigger company for data storage and sharing information may be the best way to go, but a recent report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation looked at major companies with cloud computing and storage services being entrusted by businesses and asked what the provider does to keep private information out of the hands of the government.
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Education is often be the first step toward enlightenment, so the Cloud Security Alliance has announced that it is help small and midsize businesses get acquainted with cloud computing for small and midsize businesses who may not know much about the technology.
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Dealing with cloud computing security risks and regulations has never been easy. Davey Winder on CloudPro likened the development of cloud standards and best practices to herding cats, bordering on very difficult to impossible, as the technology does not recognize international or industrial boundaries.
Read MoreAs a Product Marketing Manager for Trend Micro™ Worry-Free™ Business Security Services, I hear a lot of objections about the product, and in particular, a lot of cloud-related fears. Some examples of things I hear from customers and partners are: “I wouldn’t be secure if my Internet connection went down.” “I don’t want to put…
Read MoreEver since the early days of cloud computing, the issue of security has been on the minds of anyone looking to adopt the technology. Amazon Web Services, one of the biggest cloud providers in the industry, said on its blog that it has been striving to push forward security.
Read MoreEvery field seems to be doing its own diligence on how securing cloud computing will work for them. Even the healthcare industry, which is usually reticent to investing in new technology if there is a risk factor, is looking at the risk-versus-benefit analysis of the cloud and taking the security issue head on, according to Health IT Security.
Read MoreCompanies and individuals everywhere have surely heard about cloud computing in some way by now, but not everyone knows how to make sure that cloud security can be safely implemented from the start. Gordon Makryllos wrote on CSO Online that only a few people truly understand what is needed from them at the start of their journey into the cloud.
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