cloud security
Cloud-based crack of SHA-1 passwords is a taste of things to come
Reports that a German hacker has successfully cracked a secure hashing algorithm (SHA-1) password using a pay-as-you-use cloud computing based parallel processing environment …
Toolkit to implement and assess cloud security
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the free download of the CSA Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) Stack, a suite of enabling tools for GRC in the …
Top 10 security threats for 2011
Imperva announced their predictions for the top ten security trends for 2011 which have been compiled to help IT security professionals defend their organization against the …
Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.3 released
Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.3 features a new security safeguard against malicious websites, as well as improvements to the user experience, in both the Free and Pro Editions. The …
Automated data protection for private clouds
EMC announced their new Data Protection Advisor management software that automatically monitors, analyzes, provides alerts and reports on all aspects of the protection status …
CloudAudit joins the Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced that CloudAudit has become an official project of the CSA, with the joint mission of promoting the use of best practices for …
80% of firms don’t know who should secure cloud data
The cloud is still akin to the Wild West when it comes to the security of the data hosted there, according to Courion. In fact, 1 in 7 companies admit that they know there are …
Open source cloud alternative
Open source cloud computing platform OpenStack announced the “Austin” code release of Compute and Object Storage. Since the project’s inception three months …
IBM improves cloud security
IBM unveiled a new security initiative focused on making cloud computing safer. IBM aims to help both users and providers of cloud computing more easily navigate security …
Week in review: Cloud security, patching challenges and RSA Conference 2010 news
Week in review: Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, articles, reviews and podcasts: A foolproof drive-by-download blocking …
Questions to ask of a cloud provider
At the RSA Conference Europe 2010, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released version 1.0 of the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire. The questionnaire is available …
Four virtual appliances for cloud security
Fortinet announced four new virtual appliances that extend the company’s ability to deliver security across virtualized and cloud environments. The FortiGate, …