{"id":8396,"date":"2014-09-17T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/2014\/09\/17\/link-roundup-security-in-the-cloud\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T16:16:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T15:16:09","slug":"link-roundup-cloud-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/en\/resource-center\/blog\/link-roundup-cloud-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Roundup: Security in the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of interesting articles, blog posts and videos we\u2019ve spotted this month, all on the topic of security in the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise security is a high priority for every business, whether cloud-based services are being employed or not. However, all eyes are currently on the cloud from a security point of view following the <a title=\"FBI investigates 'Cloud' celebrity picture leaks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-29011850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent incident of leaked photos of celebrities<\/a> at the start of this month, widely thought to have been taken from the celebrities\u2019 Apple iCloud backups. Apple <a title=\"Apple Media Advisory - Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2014\/09\/02Apple-Media-Advisory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a statement<\/a> denying the photo leak involved any breach in Apple systems, including iCloud. Instead, Apple claims this theft involved \u201ca very targeted attack on user name, passwords and security questions.\u201d Whatever the cause(s) of this incident, it has prompted widespread discussion on both a consumer and enterprise level about the importance of protecting data in the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Is cloud security concern justified or overblown? by <a title=\"Drew Robb Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbdrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Robb<\/a> takes the view that \u201cwhether a service is in the cloud or in-house, the important thing is how well it is being safeguarded\u201d. The increase in use of cloud applications by businesses is taken as a sign that confidence in security is growing, likely because \u201ca cloud service provider has more resources deployed to ensure the security of data and infrastructure and tends to apply best practices with more rigor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fundamentals of cloud security\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/fundamentals-of-cloud-security-7000033710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundamentals of cloud security<\/a> by <a title=\"Ram Lakshminarayanan Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/majorram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ram Lakshminarayanan<\/a> offers some practical tips to try to overcome security concerns as a barrier to implementing cloud initiatives, including updating your existing IT policies and considering different security layers for a \u2018defence-in-depth\u2019 strategy.<\/p>\n<p>For more posts on security, check out:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"6 Conference Call Security Risk Factors (Why Visibility Matters!)\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/conference-call-security-risk-factors-visibility-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 Conference Call Security Risk Factors (Why Visibility Matters!)<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Conference Call Security: Why Visibility is Crucial\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/conference-call-security-visibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference Call Security: Why Visibility is Crucial<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Conference Call Security: NSA Allegedly Cracked UN Video Conferencing\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/nsa-conference-call-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference Call Security: NSA Allegedly Cracked UN Video Conferencing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of interesting articles, blog posts and videos we\u2019ve spotted this month, all on the topic of security in the cloud. 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