When in the Cloud, Trust – but Verify

Quite a lot has been written about the importance of due-diligence in a cloud environment. Sometimes the importance of security and compliance-related vetting in the cloud is easy to justify, like when you’re evaluating an off-premises public cloud hosted at a new service provider. Other times, executives might take some convincing, like when you’re talking […]

Scared of Anonymous? NSA chief says you should be

Anonymous has so far plied its trade in “hactivist” exploits. But according to the director of the National Security Agency, it might soon turn its focus to U.S. infrastructure. According to the Wall side road magazine, bringing up sources, Gen. Keith Alexander has said in private conferences on the White area and in other places […]