Posts Tagged ‘Cloud hosting security’

Chinese attach Google Cloud Hosting Accounts: NYT Report

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Remember back mid-December attack that stole intellectual property from Google when someone provided evidence of a Chinese human rights activist  hacker attempting to access Gmail accounts?  The source told the New York Times that the losses from that attack included a password system controlling the access of millions of users around the globe and nearly all the company’s Web services.  The ones in questions that they are talking about is the Email platform hosted on Google’s’ cloud servers.

“Still used by Google, but now known as “Single Sign-On,” this breech has sparked security and privacy concerns over the use of cloud-based systems. Google’s alone, after all, stores the personal information of millions of individuals and businesses.”

Read Full Google Cloud Hosting Hack Story

It’s hard to believe that someone would ever want to steal information from a cloud hosting platform.  WTF?  Is our data secure on the cloud server platform?  What are your thoughts about data security on cloud hosting platforms?  Is cloud server security safe?

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Hosting.com Releases Cloud Security Executive Report

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Hosting.com’s 2009 Cloud Computing Trends Report addressed Security as the top obstacle that cloud providers needed to address. Over the past year, security measures for cloud hosting users have improved dramatically due to advancements in network, microprocessor and virtualization technologies.  They later discussed the sources of confusion as they apply to IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) implementations and then outlines the practices and technologies available to keep clouds safe in the areas where they do have unique vulnerabilities.  This will continue to be huge to protect cloud users.

“Clients demanding high levels of application security or regulatory compliance utilize Hosting.com’s Cloud Dedicated solution (single tenant) to store sensitive applications and records and utilize Cloud Enterprise for additional compute resources for non-sensitive assets. Our migration expertise and integrated platforms allow clients to create hybrid hosting solutions to meet their specific business and security needs,” said Hollobaugh.

Read Hosting.com’s Cloud Hosting Security Article

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