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Dark Reading's Cloud Security Tech Center is your portal to all the news, product information, technical data, and other information related to the topic of cloud security. Written for those who manage cloud service provider relationships as well as security and IT professionals, the Cloud Security Tech Center is a single community dedicated to the discussion of security issues in private, hybrid, and third-party service provider cloud computing environments.
Breaking News
Ambient Cloud Reduces Costs, Boosts Security
Distributed -- or ambient -- cloud storage requires that users chip in by providing disk space and gives them equivalent space in the cloud. Can storing others' data locally be secure?
Tech Insight: Penetration-Testing Your Cloud Provider
Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests can be a great way to validate the security posture of these organizations
Cloud Means More Secure Remote Access
Connecting hosts running remote-access services directly to the Internet is so last decade. Instead, companies look to move to cloud-enabled services or virtual desktop infrastructure.
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By The Numbers
Are your cloud computing services evaluated for security prior to deployment or engagement?
Source: Ponemon Institute and Symantec, Flying Blind In the Cloud
Blog
Cloud Security Certification Not So SimpleAugust 09, 2011
Current pass rate of CSA's CCSK is only 53 percent
Around The Web
COMPUTERWORLD
Five Cloud Security Trends For 2011
Mobile technology leads the list, experts say
VIRTELA
Expert Debunks Cloud Security Concerns
Data stored in the cloud is no less safe than data stored in the data center, report states
MSP MENTOR
Where Managed Services Providers Fit In The Cloud Security Conversation
Enterprises? move to the cloud opens up new opportunities for MSPs
GOVERNMENT COMPUTER NEWS
Four Reasons The Cloud Is Safer Than You Thought
Popular views on cloud security don?t always tell the whole story, experts say
COMPUTER WEEKLY
What?s Holding Up The Cloud?
Top experts discuss why small and midsize businesses still aren?t jumping on the cloud bandwagon
INFOWORLD
Intel Targeting Cloud Security With McAfee Technology
Intel hopes to offer hardware- and software-based cloud security services
FIERCE CIO
Epsilon Breach Reignites Cloud Security Fears
Companies may be reluctant to share data with service providers, experts say
BLOOMBERG
IBM Seeks To Make Cloud Computing More Palatable To Businesses
SmartCloud service is designed with security in mind, Big Blue says
Cloud Security Reports
Spot Trouble In The Cloud: Adapting Security Monitoring & Incident Response.
Security monitoring, incident response and forensics are essential, even in the cloud. But the cloud by definition implies relinquishing at least some control, which can make these practices problematic. In this report, we identify the challenges of detecting and responding to security issues in the cloud and discuss the most effective ways to address them.
Dark Side of the Cloud Becoming Clearer
Recent high-profile breaches against cloud-based services have forced tougher security and closer scrutiny of what to put in the cloud.
Cloud Security: Understand the Risks Before You Make the Move
Security concerns give many companies pause as they consider migrating portions of their IT operations to cloud-based services. But you can stay safe in the cloud. In this Dark Reading Tech Center report, we explain the risks and guide you in setting appropriate cloud security policies, processes and controls. Plus: How to catch up when security is an afterthought to a cloud migration.
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Turning Security Upside-Down
Organizations can no longer rest on their laurels when it comes to IT security. It is time the security industry took a different approach.
Security as a Service: Business Decision Factors
Better understand the business issues in SaaS: the value it unlocks, the costs-direct and indirect-it avoids, and the corollary benefits like efficiency and agility it supports.
How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Malware Storm
The malware storm will force the cost and complexity of premise-based protection to unsustainable levels. To survive, small and midsize businesses must move defenses outside their own walls.
Cloud Security Newsfeed
- Webroot Rolls Out Cloud-Based Endpoint Security
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- Porticor Unveils Encryption And Key Management Solution Protecting Cloud Data
- Barracuda Networks Integrates Next Generation Firewall And Cloud Web Security
- NEC Adds CA Technologies Advanced Authentication To Provide A Robust Security Service From The Cloud
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