Important benefit to cloud computing

These days, more and more members of your workforce carry smartphones and/or slate devices such as the iPad. With cloud computing, often these devices work as well as using a computer to connect to your cloud services! Sometimes using the smaller devices is an...

Interesting cloud computing side effect

In the “old days” before cloud computing, most organizations used a firewall and everyone understood two areas. First, inside the firewall are your own assets. Then, outside the firewall is the public Internet. This simplistic thinking no longer works....

Is defense indepth that good?

Many IT departments tell their executives that having multiple firewalls, anti-virus protection, VPN’s, etc. are all you need for security. How does a firewall help you if the attack comes from inside your perimeter? When analyzing your IT security, having several...