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Cloud Security Report–Spring 2014
The Cloud Security Report Spring 2014 edition from Alert Logic is available for public download. This report is based on the analysis of data from its customer base of around…
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CSA releases SecaaS Implementation Guidance for Identity and Access Management
In the recent past CSA has defined the categories of security services that can be offered as Security as a Service. The functionalities listed in each category as part of…
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Cloud Security Alliance Guidance on Security as a Service (SecaaS)
The CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) has issued a new guideance with a focus on how security can be provided as a service (SecaaS). This document covers 10 categories of services…
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Cloud Computing = Low cost? Check again.
It is been considered that the cloud computing solutions reduces the cost of computing resources as far as organization is concerned. However, a recent white paper from ISACA indicates that…
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Cloud Computing and Enterprise risk management
The number of organizations adopting clouding computing increases day by day. The COSO has published a thought paper on Enterprise Risk Management for Cloud Computing. In this paper, it provide…
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Cloud Service brokerage
Many organizations source cloud services from different vendors which introduces various challenges to business including, but not limited to, billing, payments, access management etc... I am keen on understanding how…
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Cloud solutions & PCI DSS Compliance
Businesses are increasing its dependence on cloud computing solutions. PCI DSS compliance is often a concern for many organizations when considering cloud or virtualized solutions. As mentioned in one of…
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Google data center security
Found this interesting video in Youtube. It talks about the Google efforts on enforcing security across its data centres. The key security measures' they are following include: Strong physical security…
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How long can CISO’s avoid Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is gaining momentum in the business world. More and more business wants to increase their IT usage on the cloud utilizing the cloud computing benefits such as faster…
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NIST guide for managing cloud security and privacy
Cloud computing is gaining its popularity in an accelerated mode and many businesses and government entities are adopting cloud computing for supporting their business needs. NIST has recently released a…