Cloud Security

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cloud-based single sign-on means access and security everywhere

The cloud is now the standard of corporate organizational life. It is a standard practice for nearly every sector of every industry. So, there must be solutions available to help manage these cloud applications. To effectively manage your cloud applications – access security and permissions – is to employ automated account management technology for both…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Don’t forget to pack security for the journey to the cloud

When you move workloads to public cloud platforms, you offload many tasks on the cloud provider, but don’t fall for the misconception that you’re entirely off the hook with security. Although cloud providers “rent” their computing infrastructure to you, they operate on a “shared security responsibility” model, meaning you still must protect your workloads in…

Network Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Healthcare IT pros believe data is safer in the cloud

Healthcare IT professionals and executives believe overwhelmingly that when facing hardware malfunctions and environmental disasters, their organization’s data is safer in the cloud than on premises, according to Evolve IP. The survey also revealed a preference for private over public clouds with about 60 percent preferring private cloud infrastructure over public clouds for data security.

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

IaaS Creating New Variant of Shadow IT

Organizations cannot rely on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software to fulfil all their IT requirements: almost all companies develop their own custom apps. The majority of these apps, whether internal or internet-facing, currently run on datacenters owned or operated locally. By the end of 2017 this will change — the majority of enterprise custom apps will…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Protecting Your Staff in Co-Working Spaces

Four walls, a sea of cubicles and the rest of the traditional office accoutrements are no longer standard in the working world. The number of innovative co-working spaces continues to rise around the world, and this doesn’t even include coffee shops, libraries and numerous other public places that offer free Wi-Fi. That means that your…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Migrating Security to the Cloud: A Model for Total Cost of Ownership

Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. Businesses are migrating from traditional on-premises maintenance of their hardware and software to software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud at record levels. But any evaluation of such a move must include more than just the obvious costs of hardware and software. When migrating security to the…

Cloud Security, Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Cisco CloudCenter Orchestrator Flaw Exploited in Attacks

Cisco has warned customers about a critical privilege escalation vulnerability that has been exploited against Cisco CloudCenter Orchestrator (CCO) systems. Cisco CloudCenter is a hybrid cloud management platform with two primary components: CloudCenter Manager, the interface utilized by users and administrators, and CloudCenter Orchestrator, which automates application deployment and infrastructure provisioning and configuration. CCO was…

Cloud Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

GDPR Compliance Regulations: The New Challenge for the Cloud Operations Manager

In December 2015, the European Union (EU) announced a framework designed to combine the various data protection laws throughout the region. The General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) impacts many industries, from coffee shops to football clubs. It essentially affects any institution that retains personal information, especially businesses that store or handle data in multiple countries….

Cloud Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Governments are behind on data encryption in the public cloud

A HyTrust survey of 59 government and military organizations found that nearly 20 percent of those respondents do not implement data security or encryption solutions in the public cloud. Government agencies today are facing budget constraints and increasingly strict regulations. The latest cloud first policy now requires these organizations to consider cloud-based technology options, which…