Beyond Perimeter Defense to Data-Centric Security

Posted by Christine Drake in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Consumerization of IT, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Threats, Threats from the Cloud, VMware Oct 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment Traditionally businesses have focused their IT security on perimeter defense—blocking threats before they enter the network. This protection is still important.  But with today’s cloud computing, mobile devices, and advanced persistent threats (APTs), businesses need security that protects their data wherever it travels and in whatever type of device it resides, requiring new data-centric security.  Earlier this week, Trend Micro held its annual insight event for the analyst community and announced our new vision on data-centric security (see video clips of the event here and here).  Back...

“Hey, You, Get Off of iCloud!”

Posted by Patrick Wheeler in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Consumerization of IT, hybrid-cloud, Privacy, Compliance and Identity, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Securing the Cloud, Security, Threats, Virtualization Jun 20th, 2011 | 2 Comments For all its hype iCloud does not represent a fundamentally new problem. Employees are already bringing personal devices to work and wanting to use them in their jobs, and these unmanaged devices are mixing personal and corporate data on a system that is outside the control of the security and IT teams. There are already many apps and cloud-based services for sharing data between users and between devices (such as Dropbox), and these services are giving security pros fits. What is new is that iCloud will make these things happen automatically, and potentially without the intent or even awareness...