Podcast: OWASP’s Hess on security and compliance in the cloud
Today’s episode features an interview with Georg Hess about Web application security and compliance in the cloud. Hess is the founder of application security provider Art of Defence and current German...
View ArticleGartner and CA on addressing compliance requirements in cloud computing
If you are a CIO, CTO or compliance officer tasked with evaluating a cloud vendor, give Linda Tucci’s excellent new SearchCIO.com article a read: “Addressing compliance requirements in cloud computing...
View ArticleCompliance resources: Tips and news from around TechTarget
Did you know that TechTarget now has more than 60 different websites, each of which focuses on a different form of technology? You can find compliance resources on nearly every one of them. As a former...
View ArticleCloud computing data security creates challenges for compliance officers
Cloud computing is just another form of outsourcing, and like outsourcing, it comes with its own set of risks and compliance challenges. As the data center begins to disappear into the cloud, data...
View ArticleBailey on the role of the CIO in innovation, PKI in cloud computing
Last week at the OASIS Identity Management Conference, Gregg “Skip” Bailey, director of technology integration for the federal practice at Deloitte, suggested that agencies looking to leverage the...
View ArticleIT security and health care compliance resources to start 2010 strong
Last week, we looked back at the top IT compliance management news stories of 2009. From tougher state data protection laws to compliance in the cloud, 2009 held plenty of IT compliance management...
View ArticleFTC roundtable examines cloud computing security, social media privacy
Technology can both enhance the lives of consumers and create significant privacy issues, said David Vladeck, head of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Speaking...
View ArticleCloudAudit.org to offer tools for verifying cloud computing compliance
The Automated Audit, Assertion, Assessment, and Assurance API (A6) working group is newly organized under the brand of CloudAudit. The stated goal of CloudAudit is to “provide a common interface that...
View ArticleCloud computing services can turn compliance pain into compliance gain
Bound by what they feel are overly strict compliance regulations, many companies are shying away from cloud computing services. On the surface, their reasons for this may appear to be sound. But when...
View ArticleSurvey: Cloud computing puts IT at the forefront of business strategy
There is no doubt that cloud use is expanding, and its influence is starting to rear its head across several industries. For example, at a recent energy conference Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a...
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