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Cloud Security or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud

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Enterprise Architecture,
Operations & Infrastructure,
Architecture & Design,
Development
Topics
Encryption,
GOTO 2011,
Public Cloud,
Private Cloud,
SaaS,
Cloud Adoption,
GOTO Conference,
Cloud Security,
IaaS,
Security Assessment,
PaaS,
Cryptography ,
Deployment,
Cloud Computing,
Conferences,
Security

While Cloud Computing offers increased business agility and reduced cost, many are worried about security: loss of control and lack of confidentiality. Presented by Alon Hazy and Jakob Illeborg Pagter, this talk looks at the threat landscape, then examines how to secure cloud solutions today and in the future.

News about Cloud Security

Cloud Wars – U.S. Army Using Agile Platform For Cloud Migration

Sections
Enterprise Architecture,
Operations & Infrastructure,
Architecture & Design,
Development
Topics
Private Cloud,
Platforms,
Tools,
Cloud Adoption,
Cloud Security,
Deployment,
Agile,
Cloud Computing,
Programming,
migration,
Software Engineering,
Security

According to CGN (Government Computer News) the U.S. Army’s Architecture Services Division within the Software Engineering Center (SEC) has deployed a platform for the quick development and migration of applications to the private cloud. The engineers are using OutSystems’ Agile Platform for this purpose.

WebGL, WebCL, MultiCores: The State and Future of Parallel Javascript in the Browser with RiverTrail

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Development
Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
HTML,
Javascript,
Rich Internet Apps,
Intel,
SOA Platforms,
Markup Languages,
Dynamic Languages,
Cloud Security,
Companies,
Parallel Programming,
Languages,
Security,
SOA,
Cloud Computing,
Programming,
Browsers,
Architecture,
Enterprise Architecture

JavaScript has remained sequential although parallel processing capabilities are currently available even on mobile devices. Intel Labs has been working on an extension of JavaScript that takes advantage of multi-core systems and has released a Firefox plugin. InfoQ had an exclusive interview with  Stephan Herhut from Intel Labs about this work.

Tizen, a New Open Source Mobile OS Developed by Intel and Samsung

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Architecture & Design,
Development
Topics
Intel,
SOA Platforms,
Cloud Security,
Companies,
SOA,
Google,
Cloud Computing,
Security,
Android,
Architecture,
Mobile,
Samsung,
Enterprise Architecture,
Nokia,
Operating Systems,
Meego

Intel is dropping MeeGo and joining forces with Samsung to create Tizen, a new mobile OS based on HTML5 and emerging web technologies.

JavaScript Extension that Adds Parallel Processing Capabilities Unveiled by Intel

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Development
Topics
HTML 5,
HTML5,
Rich Internet Apps,
Javascript,
HTML,
Intel,
SOA Platforms,
Markup Languages,
Cloud Security,
Companies,
Dynamic Languages,
Parallel Programming,
Languages,
SOA,
Cloud Computing,
Security,
Programming,
Architecture,
Enterprise Architecture,
Browsers

JavaScript, the language that powers the Web, has mainly remained sequentially, although parallel processing capabilities are currently available even on mobile devices. Intel Labs has been working on an extension of JavaScript that takes advantage of multi-core systems and has released a Firefox plugin.

Articles about Cloud Security

Software Engineering Meets Services and Cloud Computing

Sections
Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture & Design
Topics
Cloud Security,
SOA,
Cloud Adoption,
Architecture,
Security,
SOA Adoption,
Enterprise Architecture,
Cloud Computing

In this IEEE article, authors Stephen Yau and Ho An talk about application development using service-oriented architecture and cloud computing technologies. They also discuss application development challenges like security in a multi-tenant environment, quality-of-service monitoring, and mobile computing.

Regulatory Compliant Cloud Computing: Rethinking web application architectures for the cloud

Sections
Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture & Design
Topics
Cloud Security,
Web Applications,
Cloud Computing,
Security

Not all data is sensitive and hence an equal and balanced investment in securing all data categories is not justified. This article presents an architecture that leverages cloud-computing, cloud-storage and enterprise key-management Infrastructure(EKMI) to lower costs while complying to data-security regulations.

Introduction to Cloud Security Architecture from a Cloud Consumer's Perspective

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Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture & Design
Topics
Cloud Security,
Security Assessment,
Cloud Computing,
Security,
Security Vulnerabilities,
Principles,
Patterns

Security concerns are the number one barrier to cloud services adoption. How do we evaluate a vendor's solution? What is an optimal security architecture? What are consumer versus provider responsibilities? What are industry standard patterns in this regard? This article answers some of these questions based on first hand experience dealing with large scale cloud adoption.

Presentations about Cloud Security

Architecting the Ultimate Control-Point-Advanced Cyber-Threat Mitigation

Sections
Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture & Design,
Development
Topics
Intel,
SOA Platforms,
Companies,
Web Services,
Cloud Security,
QCon San Francisco 2010,
QCon,
SOA,
Cloud Computing,
Architecture,
Enterprise Architecture,
Security,
Conferences

Blake Dournaee presents Intel’s Service Gateway, a security control point meant to secure on-premise and in the cloud .NET or Java platforms from various security threats like spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, DoS, elevation of privilege, all of that in the context of today’s REST or SOAP web services.

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