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Information Superhighway

November 30, 2012
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CloudComputing

I can remember back in the day when we connected to the Internet via a modem and were charged by the minute while accessing the “Information Superhighway”. Now, the Internet and really, the network it runs on, has pretty much become invisible to the naked eye. Just as we expect the lights to turn on…

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Threats and Risks in the Cloud

November 29, 2012
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CloudComputing

There are threats to the cloud and there are risks within the cloud. A recent article from Tech Target Search Security blog spurred several thoughts. The main claim here is that there are not enough people who can differentiate threats and risks enough to talk to business leaders who may know very little about security,…

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SAML to the Rescue: vCenter Single Sign On

November 28, 2012
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VirtualizationSecurity

VMware vCenter 5.1 implemented a new security feature, Single Sign-On (SSO), that uses the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to exchange security tokens. This combats an extremely well known and prevalent attack within the virtualization management trust zones: SSL Man in the Middle (MiTM) attacks. However, vCenter still supports the old SSL methods as well…

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A Secure Cloud Framework for Non-Clouds

November 23, 2012
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DataCenterVirtualization

Is it possible to use a Cloud Framework to better secure your datacenter? Does cloud technologies provide a secure framework for building more than just clouds? We all know that virtualization is a building block to the cloud, but there may be a way to use cloud frameworks to first secure your datacenter before you…

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Data in the Cloud: Does Information want to be Free?

November 16, 2012
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CloudComputing

At a dinner party recently, I was asked "does information want to be free?" This question is based on information that exists within the cloud today or tomorrow: Data in the Cloud. It is an interesting question with a fairly ready answer. Information is Power, it is people not information that controls information. Granted we…

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Windows 2012 Hyper-V – The Hypervisor for your Cloud? Part I

November 15, 2012
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Windows 2012 Hyper-V – The Hypervisor for your Cloud? Part I

In this first installment looking at the features of Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 features compared to VMware vSphere 5.1 and XenServer 6.0 we consider how Hyper-V is priced, scalability and performance and storage.

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Going to the Cloud: CAPEX, OPEX, Facilities, or People

November 2, 2012
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CloudComputing

On the 11/1 Virtualization Security podcast we had no special guest but continued a conversation started at Hacker Halted this year. It is the ongoing question of whether or not Going to the cloud will cause jobs to be lost. The typical answer was stated at Hacker Halted, that people will need to cross-train with…

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Defense in Depth: Hardware Security

October 24, 2012
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VirtualizationSecurity

On the last Virtualization Security podcast our guest was Robert Rounsavall, CEO of Trapezoid. Trapezoid is looking into how to alleviate supply chain security issues. In essence the security of the hardware. At many a presentation I have asked "do you trust the hardware and many times the answer is that they do another time…

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Gaining Visibility into The Cloud: Migration and Security

October 18, 2012
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IaaSSec

On many a Virtualization Security Podcast I tend to mention that we need greater visibility into the cloud to judge whether Cloud Service Provider security measures are good enough. But why should we bother? I am not saying we should not be concerned about a cloud's security but that we should as tenants be concerned…

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