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Posted by Magi Diego in Cloud, SaaS Oct 2nd, 2012 | No Comments The onset of cloud computing and the proliferation of mobile devices has radically changed the IT requirements for a smaller business in the past few years. Gone are the days where an entrepreneur needed upfront capital investment to purchase IT infrastructure and business applications before they could open their doors. The availability of pay-as-you go cloud computing and SaaS applications, consuming only what you need, has afforded many up-and-coming businesses with access to enterprise applications. These apps enable them to manage and grow their business, without upfront costs and IT expertise. In... Savings with Cloud Security — A Look at the Numbers
Posted by Christine Drake in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, SaaS, Security, Smart Protection Network, Threats Jan 19th, 2012 | 7 Comments When people talk about cloud security it can mean either 1) security for the cloud—security that protects your cloud initiatives, like protection for virtual machines or data stored in the cloud; or 2) security from the cloud such as Security as a Service that uses the cloud to deliver some aspect of protection, like hosted email or web security. Here, I’d like to focus on security from the cloud that’s delivered in a hybrid model—a cloud-client architecture. Using the cloud for security can deliver faster threat protection and better security. Traditional security has relied on signature... What Are the True Dangers of the Cloud?
Posted by Christine Drake in Cloud, Cyber crime, DataCenter, hybrid-cloud, IaaS, PaaS, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Security, Threats, Threats from the Cloud, Virtualization Sep 8th, 2011 | 7 Comments We often hear that security and privacy concerns are the main inhibitors to cloud adoption. But what are the true threats? Is the cloud really more dangerous than your on-site data center? I would say that virtualization and cloud computing aren’t inherently more dangerous, but they have unique infrastructure that must be addressed when creating a security foundation. There are similar attacks across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures—data-stealing malware, web threats, spam, phishing, bots, etc. So many companies are tempted to deploy their security for dedicated physical... “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... Ambient Cloud News: Skype protocol has been reverse engineered
Posted by Dave Asprey in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Cyber crime, DataCenter, Deep Security, hybrid-cloud, IaaS, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Threats from the Cloud Jun 2nd, 2011 | Comments Off This is pretty cool. I gave a talk last week at the Glue Conference in Denver about how ambient clouds ( http://cloud.trendmicro.com/good-clouds-evil-clouds-why-microsoft-has… )work and even used Skype as an example of a massive-scale ambient cloud. This case raises some very important new questions around ambient clouds. For instance, if you create an ambient cloud, one that you control using your own protocol, but where you have no control over when an endpoint may join it, what are the legal implications if someone else uses your protocol? In an open source world, slapping a lawsuit on... Open Source Clouds Become Enterprise-Grade: Citrix and OpenStack
Posted by Dave Asprey in Citrix, Cloud, Cloud-based Security, cloudbursting, Deep Security, hybrid-cloud, IaaS, PaaS, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Virtualization, VMware May 25th, 2011 | Comments Off Today at Synergy, Citrix announced “Project Olympus,” effectively making open source clouds a more viable option for enterprises. In the past, it was cloud providers like Rackspace who tended to focus on open source cloud infrastructure, while enterprises tended to make more conservative choices where support contracts were available. The new support from Citrix, along with about 60 other supporting commercial hardware and software vendors, should go a long way towards helping enterprises see OpenStack as an enterprise-grade choice of cloud infrastructure. Enterprises can now get a Citrix-certified... A Tale: The Snack Supplier, the Vending Machine, and the Cloud
Posted by Greg Boyle in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Cyber crime, Malware, public cloud, SaaS, Securing the Cloud, Security, Threats, Virtualization May 23rd, 2011 | 2 Comments I recently had an interesting chat with the operator of our snack vending machine while making a coffee in the kitchen. She was restocking our machine and had her iPad sitting on the table. In their 2 person company they now have 2 iPads and a PC. They do their inventory control and tracking while onsite at customer premises via the iPad. Then they sync it with their PC and, using an online storage solution they transfer it to the cloud; this then syncs with their online accounting package. Her reason was very, very simple: she wants to reduce the amount of time they spend on bookkeeping and back-office... IPv6 is here. How does this affect email?
Posted by Dave Rand in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Cyber crime, IPv6, Malware, Privacy, Compliance and Identity, public cloud, SaaS, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network May 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment Part 1 of 2 parts IPv6 will change how we use the internet, again. To the typical user, there is no difference; web sites work the same. But email is a different story. When using IPv6, addresses are allocated in a different manner. Most end-users today get one IP address, which is shared between multiple machines using a Network Address Translation (NAT) router. In IPv6, each user gets an address block – a /64 – of address space. This is great news, because end-to-end application on the Internet will work much better, and there will be no NAT in the way. A /64 is a huge amount of space –... The Small Business Journey to the Cloud is Actually a Round Trip
Posted by Greg Boyle in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, DataCenter, hybrid-cloud, IaaS, PaaS, Privacy, Compliance and Identity, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Threats, Threats from the Cloud, Virtualization Apr 20th, 2011 | 2 Comments The Small Business Journey to the Cloud is Actually a Round Trip By Greg Boyle, Trend Micro Global Product Marketing Manager Many small businesses are still uncertain about cloud computing. They wonder if it can help with their profitability without being extremely risky. Let’s start by defining cloud computing in small business terms. There are two commonly agreed upon types of cloud computing: 1) software-as-a-service and 2) infrastructure-as-a-service. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is cloud computing where the software you would normally install on your computers in the office is instead... New type of cloud emerges: Exploits as a Service (EaaS)
Posted by Dave Asprey in Cloud, Cloud-based Security, Cyber crime, IaaS, PaaS, public cloud, SaaS, Securing the Cloud, Security, Smart Protection Network, Threats, Threats from the Cloud, Virtualization Apr 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment For years now, if you knew where to shop on the shady side of the Internet cloud, you could pick up a botnet for cheap. But it was so much work to log in to IRC and pay with egold that a busy cybercriminal just couldn’t be bothered. That’s not a problem anymore, thanks to Robopak. Applying the latest cloud provisioning and marketing analytics technologies, they’ve created an entirely new type of cloud service, Exploits as a Service, or EaaS. Robopak’s EaaS lets you pay as little as $30 per day to access Java, PDF, and IE exploits and roll them out to build your cybercrime... 
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