Gartner: Cloud outages are bigger risk than breaches

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	Gartner's state of cloud security: Outages are bigger risk than breaches Security remains a chief inhibitor to enterprise adoption of cloud computing resources and one Gartner analyst says the biggest concern should not be that data could be compromised in the cloud, but rather that there may be a cloud outage that could lead to data loss. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Enabling Productivity without Sacrificing Protection It's not a question of whether you want your employees conducting business through mobile devices, but whether you want visibility and control over mobile activity they are already engaged in activity that can have significant consequences for your business. Read Now! In this Issue 11 sorriest tech companies of 2012 Nine security controls to look for in cloud contracts Phishing attack targets CloudFlare customers Gartner's IaaS Magic Quadrant: a who's who of cloud market Five Dropbox-savvy apps for iOS 3 tips for making highly available systems in Amazon's cloud AT&T offers Microsoft Office 365 Startup debuts with cloud-based open-source identity and access management software Report: Cloud botnets, search poisoning and mobile attacks among 2013's biggest security issues RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! 11 sorriest tech companies of 2012 Vendors apologize in 2012 for everything from Apple Maps to Cisco Connect Cloud to outage after outage and breach after breach. Read More Nine security controls to look for in cloud contracts To help ease the concerns of cloud security, which Gartner says is still a chief inhibitor to enterprise public cloud adoption, buyers are looking to contracts and service-level agreements to mitigate their risks. Read More Phishing attack targets CloudFlare customers Customers of the popular CloudFlare website acceleration and security service were targeted in an email attack that directed them to a fake version of the website. Read More WHITE PAPER: Airwatch Enabling Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in the Enterprise While AirWatch strives to provide some level of direction for customers in terms of initially implementing a BYOD program, it is up to each organization's legal, human resources, and management teams to create a device management program that is right for your organization. Read Now! Gartner's IaaS Magic Quadrant: a who's who of cloud market The cloud market can be a big, daunting place. Seemingly every tech vendor has a cloud strategy, with new products and services dubbed "cloud" coming out every week. But who are the real market leaders? Research firm Gartner's answer lies in its Magic Quadrant report for the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market. Read More Five Dropbox-savvy apps for iOS By all accounts, Dropbox rocks. It ranks up there with sliced bread and chocolate fountains, offering simple cloud storage that syncs across your various devices. Read More 3 tips for making highly available systems in Amazon's cloud Amazon Web Services makes a big deal out of its availability zones, recommending that customers use multiple AZs to build clouds that are tolerant of failures like the one the company recently experienced. Read More WHITE PAPER: RIM The CIO's Guide to Building an MDM Strategy The incredible success of mobile communications is plain to see. Anywhere you go people are on mobile devices. This trend has helped drive the evolution of the enterprise computing platform from fixed PCs to mobile devices. Read Now! AT&T offers Microsoft Office 365 AT&T has announced the availability of Microsoft Office 365 from AT&T, offering a cloud-based solution designed for small business owners. According to the 2012 AT&T Small Business Tech Poll, "half of small businesses expect to have all their employees using wireless technology to work remotely by the end of this year," so this offer is meant to support the SMB that recognizes the value of cloud-based applications inclusive of remote access via smartphones and tablets. Read More Startup debuts with cloud-based open-source identity and access management software Startup ForgeRock makes its official debut today with cloud-based open-source identity and access management (IAM) software called Open Identity Stack intended to be used by enterprises and service providers to enable centralized provisioning and access management to enterprise, mobile and software-as-a-service applications. Read More Report: Cloud botnets, search poisoning and mobile attacks among 2013's biggest security issues Researchers from the Georgia Tech Information Security Center today released their official 2013 cyberthreats forecast, detailing what they say will be the most serious computer security issues in the coming year. Read More
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