Cloud security

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  Enterprises starting to trust cloud for more sensitive apps

  Trusting the cloud to handle sensitive transactions and security services isn't for every enterprise, but organisations from banks to app developers are starting to give it a try.

• Ignore Cloud Security Assessment at Your Own Risk

  Companies that deploy software-as-a-service often don't know everything about the security provisions their SaaS providers and partners have in place. Experts say it's because they don't know what to ask, they don't know what to test and they no long...

• Learn to fail and avoid the next cloud outage

  Outages with large public cloud providers aren't more common than they are with a business' own private infrastructure.

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  Data stored in the Cloud safer than desktop: Google US

  More enterprises will shift data into the Cloud as the service becomes more secure and physical data continues to be compromised, according to Google Apps US director of security, Eran Feigenbaum.

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  Cloud Security Alliance updates controls matrix

  The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has launched a revision of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). The new matrix (version 1.1), available for free download, is designed to provide fundamental security principles to guide cloud vendors and help prospectiv...

• Safety in the cloud

  RSA President Art Coviello's thoughts on cloud security.

Whitepapers about cloud security

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  The Enemy Within

  The proposed amendments to the Privacy Act, due to come into effect in 2014, reinforce both the importance and significance of upholding data security. Data protection has long been a priority for many businesses, but the rise in technology trends only create challenges in security protection. This research looks at how businesses are more likely to encounter breaches due to lack or awareness from employees rather than from malicious intent.

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  Walk the Security Tightrope without Losing Your Balance

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  Evolving Threats Demand; New Approaches To Security

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  Integration with Oracle Fusion Financials Cloud Service