Cost optimization is the main reason clients opt for IT services hosted in the cloud. Consequently it is one of the technologies expected to mature most rapidly and to attract many new players into the arena. Read this white paper to learn more about cloud security and Panda’s cloud security solutions. 

SOA governance is comprised of the strategies and technologies that ensure a SOA is developed to meet company standards and expectations. 

This collection of slides from the Information Security Decisions Conference presents an overview of the security concerns that arise from the new trend toward cloud computing. The slides cover what cloud computing is, how it is used, and the concerns it raises. The presentation also makes some recommendations for dealing with these concerns. 

This video offers an overview of the cloud computing landscape as it relates to information security. Few organizations realize the vast and inherent risks that cloud computing presents, including data exposure, data loss, and a compromised infrastructure. View this video for detailed risk factors and how to secure cloud based services. 

This survival guide will help you and your company start to plan an effective business continuity plan. The end result should be a reduction in risk factors and to minimize the impact of disasters that are out of your control. 

This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on manufacturing companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in manufacturing and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data. 

SAP® solutions for governance, risk, and compliance help you institutionalize compliance throughout the enterprise. Across operational, financial, global trade, and environmental compliance activities, you can reduce costs and risks while boosting productivity and increasing your competitive advantage. 

This expert E-Guide offers an in-depth look at the security of cloud computing. Discover a risk versus benefits comparison, learn why it may be difficult to satisfy compliance auditors if security controls are obscured, and see why cloud vendors aren’t very concerned with security. 

Most analysts, including Enterprise Strategy Group, agree that performing only a periodic backup leaves data at risk, and they find that this is a major concern among the IT professionals they survey. The answer to this concern is Cisco Small Business Network Storage Systems (NSS) and Cisco Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files software. 

This survey was conducted by the Ponemon Institute to better understand if certain publicized IT risks to personal and confidential data are or should be more or less of a concern for organizations. Learn what respondents in IT operations and IT security think about eight Security Mega Trends affecting organizations during the next 12 to 24 months. 

This paper examines many of the concerns associated with virtualization and describes how the breadth of security experience, focused under the IBM Security Framework, helps customers better understand and prioritize these risks, and helps build a strong security posture that positions organizations to reap the full rewards of this technology. 

Some pundits foresee a future in which all data center computing is done in the "cloud," but that future is a long way off. Most organizations have just begun to venture into the cloud. Many others remain skeptical because of security and quality-of-service concerns. Read this ebook to learn what CIOs can to do now to prep their own environments. 

In this audio excerpt from his video presentation "Inside the cloud: Key security factors when considering managed services,"Jeff Reich discusses a few of the key technical risk factors involved with cloud computing.