• Data security on PCI Security Standards Council’s APAC agenda

  By Hamish Barwick | 25 May, 2012 15:34

  In an effort to increase payment security awareness in the Asia Pacific region, the PCI Security Standards Council is holding an APAC event for the first time.

• Cloud exit strategy 101

  By Hamish Barwick | 08 May, 2012 10:00

  Cloud computing has been touted by vendors and bean counters as a cost effective way to reduce overheads and the need for physical IT infrastructure, but having a Cloud exit strategy is also essential if it all turns dark and stormy.

• The CFO's role in the Cloud question

  By Tom Powledge, vice president of product delivery, SMB and .Cloud, Symantec | 01 May, 2012 02:29

  Cloud computing will affect everything in your organisation - right down to the bottom line.

• Australia's Cloud policy ruffles the United States' feathers

  By Stephanie McDonald | 27 April, 2012 11:00

  Australian government agencies are developing a Cloud framework for government agencies to follow, but a stance against storing classified data in off-shore locations has garnered ire from the US.

• Report: Some cloud providers have "dirty disks"

  By Brandon Butler | 27 April, 2012 06:37

  A forensic IT study by a U.K. security consultancy found that some multi-tenant public cloud providers have "dirty disks" that are not fully wiped clean after each use by a customer, leaving potentially sensitive data exposed to other users.

• Cloud Computing Poses Control Issues for IT

  By Kevin Fogarty | 18 May, 2010 04:42

  Though most U.S. companies still list customer and other corporate information as their most valuable assets, many keep pushing this data farther from safe lockdown in the data center--and are about to give it another strong shove in that direction.

Whitepapers about cloud security

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  Managing Risk on the Journey to Virtualization and the Cloud

  In this paper, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) highlights how the RSA Solution for Cloud Security and Compliance offers such an approach. Centered on the well-accepted RSA Archer eGRC platform and enVision® platform technologies for security and compliance information and event management.

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  A Guide to Staying Secure Amidst Gorwing Threats and the Expanding Digital Universe

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  Infrastructure Security: Getting to the Bottom of Compliance in the Cloud

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  CSO Security Buyers Guide 2011