cyber crime

Achieving security in the cloud

The challenge for those wanting to reap the efficiency and cost benefits of cloud is to find new ways of protecting their physical and virtual assets -- and that requires a whole-of-enterprise approach.
by: John Maynard, HP 12-Sep-2012
Akamai launches enterprise cloud defense against DDoS attacks
The cloud optimization services provider launches a new defense architecture designed to protect enterprise users from increasing frequency and size of DDoS attacks.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 16-Feb-2011

Cloud computing sets perfect scene for cyber crime

This is based on the basic idea that the bigger the attacked pool, the greater the probability of successful attacks. Indeed, the collection of bots forms a well harvest pool of computing resource and services for cyber criminals, who then market their services as Crimeware-as-a-Service.
by: George Chang, Fortinet 28-Jul-2010

Worst case scenario II: What if your cloud vendor goes bankrupt?

In the second half of this two-part series—"Worst case scenario of cloud computing," Duff & Phelps' Erik Laykin continues to discuss the potential problems of data retrieval from a cloud computing facility when a service provider unfortunately goes bankrupt or gets acquired.
by: Carol Ko 15-Jul-2010