Category Archives: Cloud Security

Cloud Computing incident statistics, by CSA

Do incidents happen in the Cloud? And are we talking about? Which kind of incidents? To have some answers and views on these questions, it is worth to look the report by CSA called “Cloud Computing Vulnerability Incidents: A Statistical … Continue reading

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Flow diagram of payment card data, or personal data, in the cloud

The recent PCI DSS Information supplement “PCI DSS Cloud Computing Guidelines” emphasizes the same message as earlier guidelines like ISO standard “29100 Privacy Framework“ NIST SP 800-122: Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) NIST SP 800-122: … Continue reading

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Virtual Desktop and Cloud Computing, and Security aspects, via selected videos

I list here some selected videos of the subject, for learning and for sharing/generating ideas. Again, these videos are perhaps not the best set, but good videos which I have come across. Cloud Computing Short Videos to get the idea: … Continue reading

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Technical Reports from ITU-T’s Cloud Computing Focus Group are available

The work done by Focus Group Cloud (ITU-T) is now available as Technical Reports. FG Cloud has been finished, and further work will take place in Study Groups…   This is interesting for anyone working in the area. The downloadable … Continue reading

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Cloud Security Alliance

If one wish to understand better security related issues in Cloud Computing, it is worth to have a look on the work done by Cloud Security Alliance. Their guidance document is available from their Guidance page. They also have a … Continue reading

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