For industries like healthcare, there is no doubt cloud computing can be a positive force if done correctly. Cloud-based electronic health record, for example, can give doctors a better ability to access records quickly, understand their patients and more easily diagnose diseases.
Read MoreThe cloud computing industry has been gaining steam, but one area where it severely lacks for such a gigantic force is standardization. There is no singular set of laws, rules or regulations that businesses and industries follow and Joe Masters Emison wrote on InformationWeek that there is a growing demand for this to help “bring some sanity” to the market.
Read MoreIs your cloud economic strategy a little…foggy? In this recent webcast from Dell, Trend Micro VP of Cloud Security Dave Asprey talks with Matthew Mikell, Cloud Evangelist at Dell, and David Linthicum, CTO and founder of Blue Mountain Labs to help business discover how to create the best financial model for their cloud computing strategy: Video…
Read MoreOn a whirlwind tour of Asia, I spoke at several virtual and in-person conferences, including Cloudsec2012. I met with dozens of IT executives responsible for security for cloud infrastructures in Japan and Singapore as well as many other countries in the region. The tour gave me the opportunity to really dig in on cloud security…
Read MoreCompanies everywhere have largely gotten over their fears of cloud computing and moved onto implementation strategy discussions, but amid this transition there are some firms that are frankly too eager to get their feet wet in the cloud.
Read MoreThis has been quite the busy year for data security across multiple enterprises and industries and Matthew Schwartz wrote for InformationWeek that 2013 may present additional considerations.
Read MoreCyber criminals go to where the data is. More and more data is moving to the cloud, so more attacks are moving to the cloud. That’s not to say that mobile devices aren’t a great way to attack the cloud…they are. However, since more critical data is moving to the cloud, we will see a…
Read MoreReady to join the conversation? We’re hosting a LIVE TweetChat on December 4, 2012, at 9am PST, to discuss new approaches to the cloud for businesses and how companies can prepare for the next generation of secure cloud computing. Participants: Dave Asprey, Vice President, Cloud Security at Trend Micro (@daveasprey) Stephen Spector, Dell cloud evangelist (@SpectorAtDell) Erica…
Read MoreIn his 90 minute keynote address at the AWS re:Invent conference, Andy Jassy quite unabashedly gave these reasons for using AWS versus a private cloud, (at the 32 minute mark) : So public cloud adoption should be a no-brainer, right? Oh wait, but Andy omitted security in the public cloud – how can I trust…
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As cloud services gain traction in mainstream business settings, securing these virtual environments has become more important than ever.
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