PCI council issues cloud computing guidance 

PCI council issues cloud computing guidance

Guidelines on cloud computing have been released by the PCI security standards council.
Sydney startup PacketLoop to challenge SIEM 

Sydney startup PacketLoop to challenge SIEM

'Like Netwitness in the cloud'.
Co-lo VMs busted by crypto attack 

Co-lo VMs busted by crypto attack

Side-channel cache-sniffers steal keys.
CipherCloud allow data in any SaaS app to be encrypted 

CipherCloud allow data in any SaaS app to be encrypted

Data automatically encrypted.
Feds eye new cloud safety guidelines 

Feds eye new cloud safety guidelines

Agencies required to show safeguards in place.
Splunk offers cloud-based system with 'Storm' 

Splunk offers cloud-based system with 'Storm'

Splunk has launched a cloud-based version of its real-time operational intelligence platform.
Making peace with the cloud and BYOD 

Making peace with the cloud and BYOD

Cloud and BYOD services have created a string of issues for security professionals.
Panda upgrades Cloud Office Protection 

Panda upgrades Cloud Office Protection

Offers device-control technology.
Holes found in Rackspace, VPS.Net cloud services 

Holes found in Rackspace, VPS.Net cloud services

Weak implementations allow dirty data to be tapped.
Microsoft steers focus off data location rules 

Microsoft steers focus off data location rules

Concern on cloud security, not server location.
Amazon's EC2, Eucalyptus hacked 

Amazon's EC2, Eucalyptus hacked

Customer accounts could be accessed.
Oz infosec pros more influential, risk averse 

Oz infosec pros more influential, risk averse

A more cautious approach to cloud computing.
Symantec launches iPad data loss prevention 

Symantec launches iPad data loss prevention

Android support to follow.
Kindle Fire browser bounces through EC2 

Kindle Fire browser bounces through EC2

URLs, IP and MAC addresses logged.
Is Microsoft's Office365 vulnerable? 

Is Microsoft's Office365 vulnerable?

Comment: Microsoft still uncertain on root cause of outage.
UK Gov says cloud computing aiding terrorism 

UK Gov says cloud computing aiding terrorism

Cloud computing can be used by terrorists as a way of transmitting data without being caught, the UK Government warns.
Law enforcement bands together for private cloud 

Law enforcement bands together for private cloud

Crime Commission, Customs and Federal Police balk at Defence restrictions.
Epsilon security gets cloudy 

Epsilon security gets cloudy

Calls on Verizon to detect network anomalies.
Amazon cloud exploited 

Amazon cloud exploited

But the problems lie with customers, not Amazon.
Forensics tool opens Dropbox  

Forensics tool opens Dropbox

Dropbox identities laid bare across Windows, Linux and Mac.
Google: Who cares where your data is? 

Google: Who cares where your data is?

Security and privacy trump outdated concerns over data sovereignty.
End user group lists cloud computing demands 

End user group lists cloud computing demands

Open Data Center Alliance blueprint aims to cut IT budgets by 15 percent.
Analysis: Can encryption bring banks to the cloud? 

Analysis: Can encryption bring banks to the cloud?

Regulation might drive the finance sector to lead cloud adoption.
US bill to toughen cloud data protection 

US bill to toughen cloud data protection

But the FBI will keep authority to obtain data under terrorism and intelligence clauses.
Growing pains: Amazon EC2 suffers huge outage 

Growing pains: Amazon EC2 suffers huge outage

Described as the "worst outage in cloud computing history".
DSD provides checklist for agency cloud computing 

DSD provides checklist for agency cloud computing

Advises agencies to consider nuances in cloud contracts.
Comment: Public cloud is only a matter of trust 

Comment: Public cloud is only a matter of trust

Contracts offer few protections for corporate users.
Salesforce.com to lobby Canberra over cloud concerns 

Salesforce.com to lobby Canberra over cloud concerns

Vendor argues that no Australian law prohibits banks, agencies from hosting data offshore.
Study: Aussies show faith in cloud providers 

Study: Aussies show faith in cloud providers

Seeks regulation from a Government we can't trust.
HP knocks on G-Cloud's door 

HP knocks on G-Cloud's door

It's like a movie, says HP exec.
Privacy revisions present risk for offshore clouds 

Privacy revisions present risk for offshore clouds

Extra diligence required.
Security experts ponder the cost of cloud computing 

Security experts ponder the cost of cloud computing

Cryptographer predicts destruction of IT security as we know it.
NSW tax office to shift to hosted email 

NSW tax office to shift to hosted email

Test case for NSW Government.
Opinion: My holiday tip - backup your data now 

Opinion: My holiday tip - backup your data now

iTnews editor Brett Winterford laments lost data.
Mozy glitch fogs the reliability of storage clouds 

Mozy glitch fogs the reliability of storage clouds

Discovery by former S Central engineer raises new questions.
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