Cloud computing is about hardware-based services involving computing, network and storage capacities. These services are provided on-demand, hosted by the cloud provider and can easily scale up and down.
Questions tagged [cloud-computing]
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What are security issues which are specific to cloud computing?
Moving almost everything to the Cloud gradually becomes a mainstream.
Are there any security issues, which appeared together with this trend?
What everybody should check out, from the security point of view, before moving its webapps and databases…
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GPU powered Password cracking machine - buy metal or cloud?
As a IS consulting firm, we would like to have our very own password cracking machine.
Great.
Now, after some sketching and brain storming we concluded that GPU is the best way to go (contrary to CPU or rainbow tables).
And the questions that we…
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Do any cloud storage system offer an append-only mode for buckets, directories, etc.?
I'm curious what cloud storage systems offer an append only mode, especially open source ones. In particular, would any cloud storage systems support the following workflow :
Anonymous users may upload messages/files into identifiable locations…
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Amazon EC2 security compared to a standalone server
Lets say I want to run a out-of-the-box instance on Amazon EC2 and on my own standalone server. I don't run anything on them, just let them idle by themselves. What is the relative level of security offered by Amazon in that situation in comparison…
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What are the security implications of Digital Lifeboat (or other p2p storage solutions)
From Digital Lifeboat's about us section
Our solution is a distributed storage cloud service. Digital Lifeboat will compress and encrypt each file selected for backup. We then process your encrypted file with an Erasure Coding algorithm that…
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What to focus on in Cloud security?
I am writing my bachelor thesis in CS on cloud security and its weaknesses and started to do research today and got quite overwhelmed.
I am mainly looking at IaaS and PaaS services and have decided to focus mostly on threaths caused by attackers.…
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How secure is a static site hosted on Amazon S3?
I'm thinking about separating the static content from the dynamic content, and put the main www domain with the static content on Amazon S3. The main reason I want to do this is security. This site has a potential to be a target for hackers to break…
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content disposition headers vs cloud and inspection
Quoting from McAfee MVISION CASB
Many cloud services use custom content disposition headers in an
effort to improve the performance of their applications. These custom
headers have the unintended side effect of preventing network security
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How to protect a server against Cloud Hopper?
Almost everyone is using cloud service providers for their computing needs these days, including myself. I am getting increasingly paranoid about a Cloud Hopper threat recently described in this Reuters article. To summarize:
Hackers gain access to…
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home vs cloud security
I recommended to a friend that code would be better off stored in the cloud in Google or Amazon or some other big cloud provider than in one's home due to Google and/or Amazon having arguably the best coders/personnel in the world securing their…
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How to rank the security strength of a cloud SaaS app
If my manager asked me to rank how secure/vulnerable our SaaS system is, what methods are available to do so?
I know there are certifications available but I'm looking for something which can be done in house.
Also, looking for a system of…
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What are the security implications when dealing with cloud on boarding services like Migrationwiz or Skykick?
There is a large push these days to move Email and communication to the cloud. Such as Google Apps, Office 365 or Hosted Exchange.
Many company's hire partners to assist with these moves. Most partners use Migrationwiz or Skykick to on-board there…
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How exactly should I interpret the term "Hybrid Cloud"?
The CISSP CBK definition says that a hybrid could is a mix of public and private.
But what exactly does it mean?
Is it more a conceptual idea:If you use both a public and a private your company is a hybrid user
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You have a single cloud with…
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Why is no cloud allowed in this brief?
I couldn't find a better place on StackExchange for this question, but please point me in the right direction if there is a better place for it.
My company is bidding for some work, and in the invitation to quote (under the Data Protection section)…
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How much safe is "the cloud" ? What is the simplest and safest approach in storing everyday personal data?
You use multiple computers in work, home and mobile devices (android, ipad). You want to share your files between devices and you use physical sources: an SD card, dvds, a usb stick etc. with every flaw that it implies: losing the physical storage…
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