Private cloud: a safety deposit box for your data

Outmoded concerns about security are holding many companies back from using third party private cloud services – and allowing competitors that…

Think about the future – private cloud, security and a change of philosophy

When organizations take the decision to move to a private cloud computing infrastructure, one of their core concerns is usually security.

Two-factor authentication is cool again!

The tried-and-true hardware token has a few drawbacks, such as the need to deploy and periodically replace it and the minor inconvenience of having…

Passwords passé?

We enter 2011 with a few developments that have a significant impact on the efficacy of passwords. Advances in Computer Unified Device Architecture …

Cloud Computing or Lipstick on a Pig?

Since the introduction of the term, "cloud computing," we have seen many different definitions of the term and explanations of what it is. The term…

virtual servers introduce real attack vectors

You know about zombies. No, not zombie computers, but the previously human, undead, flesh-eating kind. When the zombies are out, people invariably…