cloud security - News, Features, and Slideshows

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  Cloud security is taking a back seat to cloud enthusiasm

  ​The ease with which cloud-based architectures facilitate third-party communications will make them a key security risk in coming years, security experts have warned as Australian firms rush headlong into the cloud without fully considering its implications.

  By David Braue | 02 Dec | Read more

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  When moving to cloud, don’t lift-and-shift your security techniques

  Cloud security means protecting workloads, not systems, and old ideas about endpoint protection no longer apply

  David Braue | 12 Nov | Read more

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  “Radical” change to cloud services is a security masterclass for University of Canberra

  Backup is faster, easier in the cloud – but you still have to do your due diligence

  David Braue | 03 Oct | Read more

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  Over a quarter of cloud loads have been compromised by cryptojackers

  Audit of cloud workloads finds misconfiguration remains rife – and cybercriminals are taking advantage

  David Braue | 26 Jul | Read more

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  Prolexic’s new Australian scrubbing centre targets surging DDoS climate

  The opening of an Australian data ‘scrubbing’ centre will play a pivotal role in helping Akamai’s Prolexic business maintain its benchmark of having enough free capacity to deal with 3 to 5 times the largest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack at any given time.

  David Braue | 10 Apr | Read more

• Ashley Madison -- Can it possibly get any worse? (tl;dr: YES)

  The Ashley Madison hack continues to make headlines. Naturally, that's because the news keeps getting worse. Worse for website owners Avid Media Group. And worse for the REAL victims, more importantly -- the people named in the hacked data dump...

  Richi Jennings | 25 Aug | Read more

• Hackers call Time on Ashley Madison -- with huge data dump

  Ashley Madison hackers released the site's user data, as threatened. Or, at least, that's what they say they've done. But it's likely that much of the data is forged or bogus in some way...

  Richi Jennings | 19 Aug | Read more

• At what point do white hat hackers cross the ethical line?

  In recent months the news of Chris Roberts alleged hacking of an inflight entertainment system and possibly other parts of the Boeing 737 have sparked a wave of controversy. Public opinion was originally on Roberts' side, but the recent publication of the FBI affidavit changed that drastically. According to the affidavit, Roberts admitted to doing a live "pen-test" of a plane network in mid-air.

  By Ondrej Krehel and Darin Andersen of Cyberunited Lifars | 15 Aug | Read more

• Dropbox security chief defends security and privacy in the cloud

  Patrick Heim is the (relatively) new head of Trust & Security at Dropbox. Formerly Chief Trust Officer at Salesforce, he has served as CISO at Kaiser Permanente and McKesson Corporation. Heim has worked more than 20 years in the information security field. Heim discusses security and privacy in the arena of consumerized cloud-based tools like those that employees select for business use.

  David Geer | 07 Aug | Read more

• Cloud service brokers help direct you through the traffic

  With so many cloud service providers that run the gamut from first-rate to not well known, navigating the cloud territory can seem as daunting as hitching a cart to a horse and heading west. No, moving to the cloud is not the same as the manifest destiny that drove people out west, but both the cloud and the westward expansion promised great expectations.

  Kacy Zurkus | 16 Jul | Read more

Whitepapers about cloud security

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  Cloud Threat Report 2019

  This report summarizes 11 case studies of cloud-based attacks identified by cyber AI, including spear phishing, insider threat, and zero-day malware. The case studies demonstrate how weak indicators of malicious activity were only detectable using Darktrace AI, a cloud-native solution that detects and responds to advanced cyber-threats in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

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  Tape and Cloud: More than a marriage of convenience

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  Automating Cloud Security to Mitigate Risk | SANS Whitepaper

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  2017 Vulnerability Management Survey Infographic