August 2012 Industry News

Focus on Cloud Network Security…

Study: Health Care Cloud Computing Market to Reach $5.4 Billion by 2017

The market for cloud computing in the health care industry will be worth $5.4 billion by 2017, according to research from MarketsandMarkets. More than 20% of the industry is expected to shift to the cloud by the end of this year. More...

Kordia & Blue Coat Systems Team for Security Solution Down Under

Blue Coat Systems has launched a new SaaS cloud security system on the network of Kordia, New Zealand's government-owned telecommunications company. More...

Cisco to Acquire Virtual Security Startup

Cisco has announced plans to acquire Virtuata, a stealth-mode startup specializing in virtual machine security. Virtuata's team will join the Cisco Data Center Group. The purchase price was not disclosed. More...

Coalfire: Compliance Requires IT Audit, Not Just Technology

In an interview with Sys-Con, Coalfire Executive VP Tom McAndrew says companies moving their secure data to the cloud need to make sure they comply with regulations like HIPAA, which governs health care records. The company provides consultation services to ensure compliance rather than technology solutions. More...

StillSecure to Offer Two Cloud Security Applications through Rackspace

StillSecure says it will offer its Cloud Network Security Appliance and Cloud Security Monitoring Services apps through the Cloud Tools Marketplace, RackSpace's third-party catalog. More...

Google Offers Preview of Cloud Infrastructure Service #1

Google's new Compute Engine, a cloud infrastructure-as-a-service, was announced at the end of June and is currently in limited preview. More...

Google Offers Preview of Cloud Infrastructure Service #2

Google has also launched its new Cloud Platform Partner Program, which offers connections to consulting and implementation service and technology service providers. More...

Active Directory Insufficient, Says Ping Identity CTO

Even though most big companies use Active Director for identity management, it may not be good enough for cloud and SaaS services says Patrick Harding, CTO of Ping Identity Corp. He discusses the need for security standardization and other issues related to cloud security in an interview with SearchConsumerization. More...

Oracle Updates Identity Management Solution

Oracle recently unveiled the second release of its Oracle Identity Management 11g, a security solution for the cloud and other mobile infrastructures. A report from The Times of India indicates the offering complies with regulations in the telecom, banking and government sectors. More...

Microsoft Previews Cloud Identity Management Service #1

Third-party developers are getting a sneak peak of Microsoft's upcoming single sign-on capability for cloud-based applications. The preview is not fully developed and the release date has not yet been announced. More...

Microsoft Previews Cloud Identity Management Service #2

Meanwhile, Microsoft has released the results of a survey which found that 65% of U.S. SMBs say cloud computing is currently "important" or "essential" to their businesses. More than half of survey respondents said privacy policies are crucial when selecting a cloud-service vendor. More...

Webinars to Address PCI-DSS Compliance and Security

John Rostern of Coalfire Systems and Sanjay Raja of HP Enterprise Security will present a webinar geared toward IT staff working for or dealing with financial institutions. The webinar will cover PCI-DSS compliance and security for the cloud and is hosted by BankInfoSecurity.com. Sessions will be held on August 21, September 12 and 27, and October 15. More...

Cloud Security Alliance Picks Singapore for New Headquarters

The Cloud Security Alliance announced it will establish its new corporate headquarters in Singapore. The CSA will also establish a research center, a standards secretariat and a training and education center in its new home country. More...