Items Tagged with "Cloud Security"
How Does UC in the Cloud Impact Your Security Posture?
July 20, 2017 Added by:Myk Konrad
To maintain the security posture of unified communications, enterprises must implement a holistic approach to security that extends from their infrastructure to the cloud.
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Top 10 Cloud and Security Predictions for 2017
December 14, 2016 Added by:Shehzad Merchant
In the coming year, we might see a number of significant changes with respect to both the public cloud and information security.
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The Hidden Security Risks of Cloud APIs
December 02, 2016 Added by:Sam Rehman
With the inherent security flaws taken care of, cloud software can take full advantage of the benefits of APIs without exposing themselves or their clients to attack.
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Cloud Security Can’t Be Ignored Anymore, Thanks to Millennials
May 09, 2016 Added by:Vanishree Rao
Thanks to digital preferences of millennials, increased digitization and cloudification will drive the demand for cloud security products and services.
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Five Key Security Questions to Ask Your Enterprise Communications Vendor
April 05, 2016 Added by:Michael Machado
The more questions you ask, the more you, as a customer, will have the information you need to determine if a cloud vendor is ready to be your partner in the shared security model that cloud computing requires. Here are five to start with for your Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) vendor.
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Cybersecurity Predictions for 2016
December 16, 2015 Added by:Tim Liu
2015 was another fascinating year for cybersecurity. From the OPM to Anthem, Ashley Madison and countless other data breaches, there was no shortage of stories capturing national attention. So what does 2016 have in store?
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Why Harmonizing Cloud Security Standards will Accelerate Cloud Adoption
February 20, 2015 Added by:Evelyn De Souza
As the public cloud becomes mission-critical, business and government applications, many standards bodies and government entities worldwide are issuing stronger security guidance and new standards.
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Fine-Tuning Security For Your Cloud Environment
August 14, 2013 Added by:Bret Clement
A tune-up of your cloud environment can potentially save you money and improve your performance.
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Five Factors InfoSec Teams Should Consider When Deploying to the Cloud
June 28, 2013 Added by:Phil Cox
Anybody who works with central IT staff at larger enterprises recognize the common questions around security and compliance from professional InfoSec teams. Here are some of the general guidelines that all InfoSec departments should consider when thinking about cloud deployments.
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The Dutch, the Yanks, the Cloud and YOU
December 13, 2012 Added by:Don Eijndhoven
Recently a research project by the Amsterdam University [PDF Alert] revealed that US law allows for the US government to access information stored in the Cloud, by (ab)using the PATRIOT act...
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CloudBeat 2012 - "Whose job is cloud security?"
December 11, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
People are still stuck on authentication, mainly passwords. We as an industry or customer base haven't been very good at figuring out how to manage identities, without sticking our customers with a million different sites which don't share common identities...
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On Terms of Service, and a Global Code
November 25, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
TOS;DR aims to help with what is possibly the biggest lie on the internet, that which users make when they click that they have read, understood and accepted the terms of service of their provider. The fact is that no one reads them but rather vaguely hopes for the best...
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Software is Eating the World, And APIs are the Fuel For That
November 13, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
The cloud brings a level of agility that allows organization to be more nimble than before. Cloud powers workers in disparate geographies to collaborate on projects. Cloud enables the mobile provisioning of mass information in new ways. Cloud makes insights into vast stores of data more readily obtained...
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CloudSigma and the Perils of Choice
November 06, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
As we move to broader scale cloud adoption, one would be excused for assuming that we’d reached a point where the definition of what constitutes IaaS is set in stone – true different vendors package up their virtual servers with different specs, but IaaS is, to a greater or lesser extent, a fixed concept...
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The Security Reality of Road Warriors
October 28, 2012 Added by:Barrie Hadfield
Marketing and sales professionals will, inevitability, require a cloud-based collaboration processes or they face a potential competitive disadvantage. Therefore, IT executives are best-served by investigating the rate at which their employees are using unsanctioned tools that facilitate potential breaches...
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eSignatures Go Keyless in the Cloud
October 02, 2012 Added by:Victor Cruz
It has been 12 years since the US passed a law to facilitate the use of electronic records and electronic signatures. Called the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN), its general intent in black and white is quoted in the very first section of the legislation...