Users Get Comfortable, Demand More From Cloud Providers
The incredible (potential) growth in the cloud market means when customers says 'yes' there will be plenty of providers trying to satisfy them.read more
View ArticleTwo-Thirds of Big Companies Suffer Successful Hacks This Year
Big companies report increase in successful attacks, while flaws in existing systems and the complexity of new ones introduce more places security could be weak.read more
View ArticleVerisign offers holiday present to online retailers
It's still a little early for Christmas specials and discounts, but Verisign is getting out ahead of the season a bit by offering a bundle of three services designed to keep retailers online during...
View ArticleCloud, mobile making for big changes in antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials gets most of the angst from ISVs, but free or low-cost cloud services are just as much a threat to both traditional ISVs and IT proven-provider lists.read more
View ArticleCloud hits peak of hype cycle; better start planning for its downfall
No matter how abstract you get, you still have to manage hardware and make sure all the stuff is there to crunch numbers when it comes time to get the numbers crunched. Cloud won't save you; planning...
View ArticleCool third-party cloud security apps miss one big problem
Third-party security and management tools make cloud computing easier; they don't make organizational or policy issues easier to overcome.read more
View ArticleCautious private cloud users turn out to be the early adopters
Upcoming IDC data indicates public-cloud users are confident in its security because they have less to lose than private-cloud adopters.read more
View ArticleThere is no security standard for cloud; move forward anyway
Many specifications are competing to be the de facto security standard for cloud, but there's not enough data available to make any prove out. read more
View ArticleVMware releases cloud security integration tool disguised as virtual iPhone...
VMware's Horizon App Manager is designed to let users pull down the SAAS or internal apps they need from one screen; to do that it needs single-signon abilities nothing else does right now.read more
View ArticleHype confuses cloud customers who actually know more about it than they think
Surveys consistently show end-user companies are confused about how to secure, manage and buy cloud; if they left out the word "cloud," they'd already know most of the answers.read more
View ArticleMid-sized companies call cloud overrated; more than half have no cloud plans...
Most surveys show cloud computing is catching on so fast pollsters and providers can't keep up. A new one showing users with little enthusiasm except for specific services shows how big the difference...
View ArticleMalware that stole 45,000 Facebook logins highlights security hole from cloud
Ramnit malware evolved from Windows attack-app to a social-network surfer that steals Facebook logins and free access to corporate nets using comparatively insecure user accounts in the cloud to get...
View ArticleWhy is IT so bad at cloud computing?
It's no secret IT is ambivalent about cloud computing's potential to steal jobs and user loyalty. That's no excuse for sloppy security negligence of apps in the cloud. That attitude doesn't come from...
View ArticleEU data laws are latest threat to cloud
The latest security concern keeping multinational corporations away from cloud computing is that increasingly strict European laws tying data on a customer to his or her country of origin undermine...
View ArticleHow Box.com allowed a complete stranger to delete all my files
Six months ago the cloud storage service gave control over my account to someone else, who then nuked it. Fortunately, my data survived.read more
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