Amazon Web Services has submitted an entry to the Cloud Security Alliance's Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a move that sheds some light into the security features of its IaaS cloud offering. full story ![]()
Filed under: Investing CA Technologies and Ponemon Institute Cloud Security Study Shows Improved Practices, but is Fifty Percent a Passing Grade? New 'Security of Cloud Computing Users 2013' Study Confirms Conflicting Views on Cloud Security Responsibility ISLANDIA, N.Y. & TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CA Technologies (NAS: CA) and the Ponemon Institute, an...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 21 days ago)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption features, as it looks to increase the level of protection users can get in its cloud.For Amazon, proving its cloud computing platform can offer the same level of security as traditional hardware and software has been an ongoing...
pcworld.com (30 days ago)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services.
reuters.com (3 days ago)
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified to operate as a cloud service provider for three years under the government's new FedRAMP program. The accreditation covers all...
yahoo.com (3 days ago)

There was lots of chit-chat on what VMware could, should, will do about its Amazon public cloud problem and Amazon raised a ruckus with a free preview of Trusted Advisor.
gigaom.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S. FedRAMP is a mandatory government-wide program that standardizes security assessment, authorization, and monitoring for cloud...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
Something Amazon is really good at and something Apple is not: the cloud. Amazon hones in on its competitors' cloud-based photo territory on Apple's own platform with a new app.
gigaom.com (14 days ago)

News flash: The public cloud "ain't all that," says every cloud provider but Amazon Web Services.
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It was a busy week in cloud as VMware took the wraps off its public cloud play; Newvem added still another way to watch your Amazon account; and Amazon itself churned out a ton of new AWS features.
gigaom.com (2 months and 9 days ago)

For many IT managers, moving your company's backbone to the cloud brings a certain sense of freedom. However, the task of caring for and protecting your assets remains. After all, the operative word in "virtual server" is "server"; virtual or not, it’s still a fully functioning server from an operational sense, carrying the same risks and vulnerabilities inherent in physical...
pcworld.com (2 months and 27 days ago)
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