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June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
Cisco to acquire cloud security firm OpenDNS

Cisco added another major piece to its growing security portfolio with an agreement to acquire cloud security provider OpenDNS.
June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
Security vendors, cloud providers rally around cloud identity standards

Open standards around identity and authentication are gaining popularity. So what -- and who -- is driving the movement?
June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
DLP policy violations highlight cloud storage security concerns

A new report from Netskope finds copious DLP violations in enterprises' cloud apps due to insufficient cloud storage security.
June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15
LastPass suffers data breach, customer password hashes exposed

LastPass, a cloud-based password manager, disclosed that it had suffered a data breach and that customer email addresses, password hashes and other information were compromised.
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Ping eyes improved cloud identity security with new platform

At the Cloud Identity Summit this week, Ping introduced a new platform as well as support for the Apple Watch and Yubico's YubiKey.
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Ping eyes improved cloud identity security with new platform

At the Cloud Identity Summit this week, Ping introduced a new platform as well as support for the Apple Watch and Yubico's YubiKey.
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
Enterprises creating 'shadow data' through cloud storage services

A new study from cloud access security broker Elastica shows a growing amount of shadow data is leaking out of enterprises via cloud services.
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
Symantec breaks into the cloud DLP market, teams with Box

Symantec looks to strengthen cloud security presence by launching Data Loss Prevention 14 and teaming up with Box.
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Synology cloud sync vulnerability exposes OS X systems

A vulnerability in a cloud sync application was disclosed this week that could allow hackers to gain control of OS X systems.
May 13, 2015 13 May'15
Bugs, lack of support lead to Tor Cloud Project shutdown

Tor Project shuts down its AWS bridge effort, Tor Cloud, but encouraged developers to set up their own Tor bridges to promote anonymous cloud usage.
May 13, 2015 13 May'15
VENOM zero-day vulnerability strikes virtual machine security

CrowdStrike security researchers discovered a major bug that could impact a wide range of commonly-used virtualization platforms.
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Cloud access security brokers team up with HP, Cisco

Cloud access security brokers Adallom and Elastica recently struck major partnerships with Hewlett-Packard and Cisco, respectively, to improve SaaS security and cloud visibility.
May 01, 2015 01 May'15
Microsoft looks at best -- and worst -- practices for Azure security

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich offered a behind-the-scenes look at Microsoft's cloud security practices and customer case studies at RSA Conference 2015.
April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15
Microsoft looks to boost Azure security with bug bounties

At RSA Conference 2015 Microsoft expanded its bug bounties. The program will now include three new products, including Azure and Hyper-V.
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
Cloud privacy, security improving, but obstacles remain

At RSA Conference 2015 security officials from Microsoft, Google and more discussed cloud security and privacy improvements and top threats today.