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Justin Foster in
Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud
Mar 25th, 2010 |
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Cloud computing and mobile devices have revolutionized our personal and professional lives. These innovations have unlocked a new age of elasticity and mobility. Along with this digital revolution, an unexpected transformation is taking place at the heart of server workloads and mobile devices.
We are witnessing the decline of the general purpose operating system.
The once static datacenter has transformed into a highly agile virtual datacenter, and is once again transforming thanks to cloud computing. First generation migrations to cloud, using IaaS, are facing tough competition from PaaS frameworks...
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admin in
Cloud-based Security, Securing the Cloud
Mar 22nd, 2010 |
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Now, even your security can be handled by cloud computing software–but consider these factors before you get on board.
As a smart entrepreneur, the biggest problem to contend with regard to cybercriminals is that they’re smart entrepreneurs, too. They’re highly motivated and technically proficient workers.
What they’re after isn’t fame or notoriety. It’s about money. Specifically, that means stealing data–personal and business facts and figures that can be used to generate illegal profits. It also means hijacking the computing power of your PCs and servers...
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admin in
Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud
Mar 18th, 2010 |
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While enterprises typically have robust perimeter security such as firewalls and network Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), malware occasionally slips through to compromise the endpoints. Recent episodes involving the Zeus, Aurora/HYDRAQ, and Mariposa botnets have all thrived on compromised endpoints. A potential compromise at a medical clinic in Calgary/Canada that required more than 4,700 patients to be notified was reported this week and provides an unfortunate proof point to the issue. Once inside, there is the potential for a spear-phishing attacker...
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Steve Quane in
Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Virtualization
Mar 2nd, 2010 |
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As we started building out the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network four or five years ago, we realized that the shift to the cloud was going to be a major platform shift for the datacenter. We wondered if other datacenter operators were encountering the same types of issues that we were encountering. So we went out to various enterprises and asked them about the security issues around private and public clouds.
The datacenter operators told us they had no security issues and were completely secure. However, the CSOs told a different story. They said they didn’t know whether there were...
