IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption
Written by v2r on May 5, 2013 – 10:22 pm -IBM just released an open source software package called HELib. HE stands for *homomorphic encryption*, and HELib is an important cryptographic milestone. Paul Ducklin explains why......
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Why It’s Time to Manage Your Networking and Security from the Cloud
Written by v2r on April 30, 2013 – 4:34 pm -If you still believe that your systems management consoles should be running on servers in your data center, you’re definitely from the pre-cloud era. Even if you believe your systems management and security consoles should be running on infrastructure as a service instances you control, you’re also out of date. The evidence is...
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5 Questions to Ask Your Security Vendor about AWS
Written by v2r on April 30, 2013 – 2:00 pm -Over the past weeks we have been reviewing the top 10 tips for securing instances running on Amazon Web Services. We walked through the critical controls as part of the AWS shared security model. As noted in these tips, host-based security capabilities such as intrusion detection and prevention, anti-malware, and integrity monitori...
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AWS OpsWorks: Targeting PaaS with Chef?
Written by v2r on April 29, 2013 – 7:04 pm -Amazon Web Services did it again. Its new service, OpsWorks, is an application management service with the ability to manage applications of any scale or complexity in the AWS cloud. This integrated system manages resource provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, software updates, and monitoring and access c...
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Top 10 AWS Security Tips: #10 Penetration Testing
Written by v2r on April 17, 2013 – 2:58 pm -In last week’s post, we gave a high level overview of vulnerability assessments. This type of assessment results in a prioritized list of vulnerabilities in your deployment. It’s an excellent first step in knowing the state of your deployment. The next step you should take is to conduct a penetration test. The Test A pe...
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Why are you scared of the cloud?
Written by v2r on April 15, 2013 – 2:15 pm -As a Product Marketing Manager for Trend Micro™ Worry-Free™ Business Security Services, I hear a lot of objections about the product, and in particular, a lot of cloud-related fears. Some examples of things I hear from customers and partners are: “I wouldn’t be secure if my Internet connection went down.” “I don’t wan...
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Top 10 AWS Security Tips: #9 Conduct Vulnerability Assessments
Written by v2r on April 10, 2013 – 2:00 pm -In this series, Mark and I have talked about hardening your AWS resources (both inside and outside of your instances) and preforming ongoing monitoring. The last two tips are around measuring your overall security so that you can understand your risks and measure your progress. It may be an old adage but it still rings true…...
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5 More Questions to Ask Your RMM Vendor about Integrated Security Solutions
Written by v2r on April 8, 2013 – 2:03 pm -Remote management module (RMM) vendors frequently offer an integrated security solution with their core product. But how does the security featured in these integrated products compare? In a previous blog, I wrote about the five questions to ask your RMM vendor about integrated security offerings. Now, here are five more questions ...
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Software Defined Software: The History of “Software Defined”
Written by v2r on April 4, 2013 – 2:43 pm -“Software defined” is the latest buzzword in IT and cloud. Some people hate it because marketers are jumping on ”software defined” almost as fast as they jumped on the word “cloud” years before they had real cloud products. Cloudwashing was a real phenomenon, and it was easy to say. “Software Defined Washing” just ...
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Top 10 AWS Security Tips: #8 Encrypt Sensitive Data
Written by v2r on April 3, 2013 – 2:35 pm -Last week, we tackled the basics of monitoring your AWS deployment. This week we’re going to shift gears and take a look at encryption. Data Drives Your Business Your business runs on data and information. One of the biggest concerns about moving to the public cloud is the safety of that data. With a little due diligence, yo...
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