Tips

Tips

• Legacy application migration to the cloud and security

  Check your assumptions about security when moving legacy applications to the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Detecting and managing unauthorized use of cloud computing

  Want to know if developers or sales executives are moving data to the cloud? Here are three tools that can help.  Continue Reading

• Cloud security services: WAFs and DDoS attack prevention

  A look at some of the Web application firewall and distributed denial-of-service protection services offered in the cloud and via the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Ten key provisions in cloud computing contracts

  Cloud computing customers need to pay attention to contract terms, security requirements and other provisions.  Continue Reading

• Top virtualization security risks and how to prevent them

  Virtual environments present unique security threats. Learn about the top risks and how to mitigate them.  Continue Reading

• Cloud flow: Network flow analysis and application traffic monitoring

  How can you determine where and when your data is flowing to the cloud? In this tip, learn about network flow analysis and application traffic monitoring for cloud computing migrations.  Continue Reading

• Maintaining compliance with HIPAA security requirements in the cloud

  What do you do if you discover after the fact that PHI has already been moved to a cloud provider?  Continue Reading

• Evaluating IaaS providers: security risks

  There are a lot of cloud-based infrastructure services to choose from but companies need to weigh the associated risks.  Continue Reading

• Cloud encryption use cases

  A look at how encryption is handled in some common cloud computing architectures.  Continue Reading

• Public cloud services security: Terremark and Rackspace

  A look at some of the security capabilities in Terremark, Rackspace, and other hosting providers.  Continue Reading

• Managing hybrid cloud computing risks

  Learn about the top security considerations for hybrid cloud computing.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing security concerns: How to audit cloud computing

  This chapter discusses key controls to look for when you are auditing IT operations that have been outsourced to external companies.  Continue Reading

• Meeting the PCI requirement for Web security in the cloud

  Moving to a cloud environment complicates compliance with PCI DSS Requirement 6.6.  Continue Reading

• Securing a multi-tenant environment

  Learn some of the key elements for secure multi-tenancy.  Continue Reading

• Incident response process in a cloud environment

  Cloud computing makes incident response much more complex. Here’s what you need to do to prepare.  Continue Reading