Office 365: Model Compliance in the Cloud?
In mid-December 2011, Microsoft Corporation made some notable steps towards compliance with EU and US standards for data protection and security. This addressed the mounting tension around cloud services, caused by a number of high-profile data breaches and security scares that have plagued the cloud environment over the last year or so. This article takes [...]
2011: Year of the Data Breach
TeamSHATTER and other industry resources have deemed that 2011 is the Year of the Data Breach. October was National Cyber Security Awareness Month and recent data breaches had many talking about security vigilance and data protection. The Climate A study done by Verizon, the US Secret Service and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit offered [...]
Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report 2011
In April 2011, Verizon released the 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report, its fourth installment thus far. While many industry insiders ignore these sorts of reports, as vendor-focused or as meaningless statistics, these reports can be a useful indicator of the nature of current threats and recommendations for organizations interested in protecting their networks and systems. [...]
Developing a Governance Framework in the Cloud
According to industry experts, 2011 has been deemed the “Year of the Data Breach,” unfortunately giving cloud computing the reputation of being insecure. For this reason, it’s essential that organizations in the cloud, as well as organizations considering a move to the cloud, understand and implement an effect governance framework in the cloud. What is [...]
Securing Emails in the Cloud
As many enterprises and government organizations have begun to shift their IT infrastructures to cloud computing, and various SaaS (software-as-a-service) options have appeared to be the solution to cutting costs and improving operational efficiency, it’s time we took a look at the security and privacy of data in the cloud, in particular, data that is [...]
