| The consequences of inadequate cloud security The phenomenon of services in the cloud is well established. Some say it will become the dominant model for network infrastructure as issues of reliability and security are convincingly addressed. Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices A group calling itself the Cloud Security Alliance announced its formation Tuesday, with eBay and ING as founding members. Podcast: Securing the cloud Newsmaker Chris Hoff will serve as technical advisor to the new Cloud Security Alliance. A security industry analyst and blogger, Hoff says the alliance will start by sorting out the fact from fiction related to the cloud. (12:13) Cloud computing needs better security, interoperability to live up to hype If cloud computing is to move beyond the hype cycle, vendors need to put aside their differences and agree on common principles related to security and the interoperability of cloud platforms. Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals Cloud computing vendors are moving toward a common definition and forming industry groups to collaborate on building cloud technologies. Cloud computing is a scary proposition Mathias: I'm probably the biggest proponent of Web services/cloud computing/whatever on the planet, because such - in theory, anyway - is the ideal platform for mobile computing going forward. And yet, I'm troubled: there are enough holes in this concept at present to give even rabid supporters pause. April giveaways galore
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