4 keys for IP protection
Jason Clark on focusing your attention in the right places to secure intellectual property
Cloud Security
Cloud computing security - tools, policies, and metrics for IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, public and private clouds
Cloud Security articles
Managing the unmanageable
Cloud firewall management vendors unleash new wares aimed to taming virtual firewall sprawl.
Coverity and Wind River target development insecurity with new alliance
Software development testing firm Coverity and embedded and mobile software firm Wind River have integrated Coverity's security development testing platform with Wind River's embedded software system.
Goal of new security service: More involvement from ISPs, carriers
New security analytics service purports to arm service providers with the information they need to keep their network traffic clean.
How smarter hypervisor use can lead to a 'big, big change' in security
Former Citrix CTO Simon Crosby talks to George V. Hulme about where cloud-based security and virtualization stand in 2012.
Open Data Center Alliance working on cloud usage models
Aims to help cloud users quickly identify risks and security management toolsets
Cloud and disaster recovery: Load-balanced data centers are not a perfect solution
Disaster recovery is being addressed by private and public cloud providers with multi-site load balancing. But the lack of centralized control of application and infrastructure configurations can lead to trouble at both sites
Privacy 2012: I know what you did at 3:30 a.m.
For a peek into what experts expect this year and beyond when it comes to privacy, we turn to the Rebecca Herold (aka the Privacy Professor) for answers.
The security threat Stephen King warned us about?
Remember the film "Maximum Overdrive," where machines took over and went on a murderous rampage? With cars and appliances ever more computerized, such a security threat seems a little less farfetched as we head into 2012.
Small company, big security challenges
Startup Linkable Networks decided to meet PCI DSS Level 1 security requirements, with cloud-based infrastructure as an extra wrinkle. Here's a look inside the effort.
MORE GREAT CLOUD SECURITY RESOURCES
As cloud computing services continue their dramatic growth, security needs and methods will also evolve. Here are links to books, websites, associations and other information resources to help keep your data safe in any cloud platform.
Securing the Cloud: Cloud Computer Security Techniques and Tactics
by JR Winkler (2011). On Amazon.com.
Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide
by David S. Linthicum (2011). On Amazon.com.
Auditing Cloud Computing: A Security and Privacy Guide (Wiley Corporate F&A)
by Ben Halpert (2011). On Amazon.com.
The Cloud Security Alliance
