[securityintelligence] Identity Management in the Cloud: Top Tips for Secure Identities

The benefits of cloud-based services are manifold. They enable organizations not only to offset costs but also to achieve greater business agility and to reach new markets and customers. But what about identity management in cloud computing?

[infosecurity-magazine] Survey Suggests Trust in the Cloud is Slowly Increasing

A survey of almost 300 IT security professionals at RSA 2014 shows that trust in cloud security has increased slightly over the last 15 months – but not by very much. By February 2014 the number of professionals who prefer to keep sensitive corporate data within their own network had fallen from 86% (November 2012) to 80%.

[infosecinstitute] Building Cryptographically Secure Cloud Applications

1. Introduction to the Problem

Crypton is an open-source project provided by SpiderOak with the purpose of solving privacy and security problems through cloud applications. Before introducing the solution, we must first talk about the problem. The main problem with cloud-based applications is that the user’s data is stored in the cloud and therefore can be accessed and read by anyone having access to the server—namely the cloud service provider (CSP). Not to mention that, if an attacker was able to penetrate the CSP’s defenses, he might also be able to access the client’s data. That being said, Crypton is a framework that can be used for building cryptographically secure cloud applications, which means that the client’s data is securely stored in the cloud in encrypted form—only the client possesses the knowledge to decrypt its data. Crypton does all the cryptography behind the scenes, so developers don’t have to bother with it. If everybody is trying to use their own cryptographic methods to provide zero-knowledge cloud-based applications, there would definitely be discrepancies, probably some more vulnerable than others, but none would fit the profile perfectly.

[siliconangle] The cloud + Big Data, a love fest : Analysis and forecasts

Kicking off the first day of Strata Conference in Santa Clara, California, the SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier and Wikibon CEO David Vellante, theCUBE regular co-hosts, talked with Jeff Kelly, Principal Research Contributor with Wikibon, discussing the new Wikibon’s2013 Big Data Vendor Review and Market Forecast report that was released yesterday.