Category Archives: security

29/07/2010 Posted in security Leave a comment

enStratus Cloud Management Platform Selected For CSA Certification

By Krishnan Subramanian
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) was formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. Yesterday, at the Black Hat USA 2010 Confer
26/05/2010 Posted in General, security 5 Comments

Privacy Settings are a Crutch. Free Apps Profit from your Data

By Ben Kepes
William Vambenepe posts a challenging thought piece with a very simple contention - Data too sensitive to leak from Facebook is too sensitive to be on Facebook. Vambenepe gives many examples of ways that Facebook can fail, but sums it up with a simple piece of advice: “Don’t put anything on
18/05/2010 Posted in General, security Leave a comment

Protect Your Facebook Privacy

By Krishnan Subramanian
I have been critical of Facebook's privacy policies in this blog. In my opinion, Facebook has really gone rogue. They give a damn to users just like what Microsoft did during the time it had monopoly like power in the market. Having said that the movement to delete Facebook accounts is at best hyste
14/05/2010 Posted in security Leave a comment

Facebook May Not Care About Your Privacy But It Definitely Cares About Your Security

By Krishnan Subramanian
Facebook may not give you a damn about your privacy and it may have gone rogue. But, it is serious about ensuring the security of your account. Today, they have announced some steps to ensure that there are no unauthorized access to your facebook account. Even though this effort is highly lauda
11/05/2010 Posted in Design, enterprise, security Leave a comment

Cloud Sherpas – Raising Money and Enhancing GAPE Admin

By Ben Kepes
I’ve written before about Cloud Sherpas, a cloud computing systems integrator and application developer. They’re a Google Apps reseller that also created SherpaTools for Google Apps, a free app that gives more administrator functionality to Google Apps users. Only a few days ago, Cloud Sherpas
08/05/2010 Posted in security Leave a comment

Know Thy Art Of Defence

By Krishnan Subramanian
When we talk about Cloud Computing and security in the same sentence, we immediately think about infrastructure security and a debate kicks off around the topic. Yes, infrastructure security is important and it is the headache of the IaaS provider. As a developer running a web app on top of IaaS or
16/02/2010 Posted in security Leave a comment

LastPass – So Good I’ll Dismiss Any Concerns

By Ben Kepes
I spend a significant amount of time online – and do so using a myriad of online services – from accounting to banking, from email to my various blogs, from e-commerce sites to airline services – I live in a world of usernames and passwords. Like others I tend to have a few variations on a the
03/02/2010 Posted in Analysis, security Leave a comment

In The Era Of Mashups, MashSSL Could Be A Savior

By Krishnan Subramanian
Image via Wikipedia From Web 2.0 era to the current SaaS era, we are seeing a proliferation of Mashups, not just in the consumer space but also in the enterprise space. Well, the idea of mashing up of data from two or more data sources/applications is not unique to these times. We have seen s
28/01/2010 Posted in Analysis, security Leave a comment

Thinking About Security Is Old School? – A Dangerous Trend

By Krishnan Subramanian
Recently, I was listening to a podcast in which analysts were debating about public and private clouds. During the course of the discussions, one of the participants, a SaaS vendor, made a comment that disturbed me a bit. I think it is important that I address this issue here at Cloud Ave. It is my

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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