Is “trust us” good enough for private data in the public cloud?

Posted by Andy in Uncategorized Oct 6th, 2009 | No Comments Every day brings more headlines about social networking, cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS).  Each of these fast growth areas shares an important element in common – they rely on a movement of data from private computers into the public cloud.  The theory goes that this data is protected by the service provider who is an expert in their field.  But in very few cases is that field data security, and there are important implications that should be considered. Security Researches call for Google and others to use SSL to protect all of the interactions with their services.  I agree...

Cloud Security Summit Featuring Raimund Genes

Posted by admin in Uncategorized Sep 16th, 2009 | No Comments BrightTalk is hosting a Cloud Security Summit on September 30.  At this summit, industry leaders will dive into the different security options available across multiple cloud architectures, and case studies and association presentations will further illustrate the security issues facing the cloud today.  Trend Micro’s CTO, Raimund Genes, will present “The Threat Cloud Landscape” discussing the threats arising in cloud computing and the various solutions available.  The summit is in webinar format and recordings of presentations will also be available for viewing after the...