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5 Reasons Why IT Security People Shouldnt Ignore Cloud Computing

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2008-04-22 22:17:55 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...hyped to the max The best case scenario is that your analysis is correct and you can go back to reading Slashdot and Daily Dave (you are reading Daily Dave arent you?). You can pride yourself on your ability to recognise web hysteria and laugh at the losers that invested, wrote blog posts (!) and dared to take it seriously OK. Now lets flip...
 
Tags: cloud, security, cloud storage provider, in-house, in-house security operations, cloud security, employers security arrangements, cloud provider, outsource security responsibility
 
 
 
 
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America's Dilemma: Close Security Holes, or Exploit Them Ourselves

2008-05-01 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...hyped as the first cyberwar : Russia attacking Estonia in cyberspace. But nearly a year later, evidence that the Russian government was involved in the denial-of-service attacks still hasn't emerged. Though Russian hackers were indisputably the major instigators of the attack, the only individuals positively identified have been young ethnic...
 
Tags: security, bad guys insecure, guys, non-security, security improves, technologies, dual-use technologies, security improvements, agency
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...hyped as the first cyberwar : Russia attacking Estonia in cyberspace. But nearly a year later, evidence that the Russian government was involved in the denial-of-service attacks still hasn't emerged. Though Russian hackers were indisputably the major instigators of the attack, the only individuals positively identified have been young ethnic...
 
Tags: technologies, dual-use technologies, bad guys insecure, guys, dual, security, non-security, security improves, security improvements
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...hyped as the first cyberwar: Russia attacking Estonia in cyberspace. But nearly a year later, evidence that the Russian government was involved in the denial-of-service attacks still hasn't emerged. Though Russian hackers were indisputably the major instigators of the attack, the only individuals positively identified have been young ethnic...
 
Tags: technologies, dual-use technologies, bad guys insecure, guys, dual, security, non-security, security improves, security improvements
 
 
 
 
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A Critical Time for Critical Infrastructure: Some Utilities Step Up

2008-03-17 18:07:36 by Posted By: Earl Perkins, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...hyped technology for automated meter reading for commercial and industrial customers. While a significant market with significant vendors, concerns about project scope, business requirements and technology standards, particularly in security, worry some. Concerned utilities have taken a leadership role in those standards efforts, and not just...
 
Tags: critical infrastructure, critical, critical infrastructure protection, ami security requirements, ami security, critical infrastructure services, ami, infrastructure, ami-sec
 
 
 
 
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Wheres the S in IT-GRC?

2008-05-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1b844 in Network World on Security
 
Software suites that integrate governance, risk and compliance tools (usually referred to as IT-GRC) are being hyped by vendors and abetted by analysts as the next great wave of IT management solutions
 
Tags: software suites, compliance tools, management solutions, it-grc, governance, analysts, vendors, hyped, wave
 
 
 
 
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Top 5: Why Customers Consider NAC

2008-05-31 22:10:33 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...hyped and possibly least significant. I know, thats harsh, especially when endpoint compliance seems to be the big bat NAC carries around. Truth be told, its more of an icing on the cake for the people I talk to. Until the auto-remediation features are a little more mature, the idea of checking for much beyond presence of anti-virus and...
 
Tags: nac, solution, 3rd party solution, nac solution, bat nac carries, nac center, vendors nac solutions, offer, offer guest access
 
 
 
 
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On Elephants and Analytics

2008-06-26 12:11:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...hyped to be If so, then I plead guilty to honesty and realism, withthe added offense of asense of fiscal responsibility to customers and end users
 
Tags: call, call cep engines, cep, cep community, cep counterpoint, cep players, imply cep, cep rulescommunity, cep vendors
 
 
 
 
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On Elephants and Analytics

2008-06-26 12:11:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...hyped to be If so, then I plead guilty to honesty and realism, withthe added offense of asense of fiscal responsibility to customers and end users
 
Tags: call, call cep engines, cep, cep community, cep counterpoint, cep players, imply cep, cep rulescommunity, cep vendors
 
 
 
 
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Virtualization and Authentication

2008-07-08 00:00:00 by Sean Kline in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...hyped technologies in Information Technology today -- and rightly so. It offers the potential to improve utilization, lower cost of ownership of computers, enhance productivity, ease compliance, increase reliability and potentially improve security. Let's explore the last claim. Without a doubt, there is an impact of virtualization on...