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Cloud models for reducing security risks

CGI

Cloud models for reducing security risks. Cloud computing has given rise to new and varied security risks, challenging organizations in every sector to understand the risks and develop a holistic IT security policy that takes into account the cloud dimension. Tue, 04/19/2016 - 01:17.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. How can companies minimize risks? Regular training and simulations can help reduce risks associated with human errors. Byron: It’s an important risk management tool.

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CNIL Releases Guidance on Teleworking

Hunton Privacy

More generally, employers should limit the number of services available on the Internet to the minimum in order to reduce the risk of attack. In particular, employees should refrain from transmitting confidential data through consumer services (storage, file sharing and collaborative editing services) or via consumer email services.

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What will be your decisive moment to secure your cloud applications in a Zero Trust world?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The study also revealed that 94% of IT professionals say their organizations’ security policies around access management was influenced by breaches of consumer services in the last 12 months. Important Changes Are Happening.

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Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

To mitigate the risk of these attacks, risk officers and IT managers are searching for Single Sign On or SSO solutions. They need to maintain an easy user management access for cloud-based applications and services, without compromising on security. IT and risk professionals are looking for new ways to secure access.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: Another Web 2.0 service model risk blown away - Google and Postini

ChiefTech

service model risk blown away - Google and Postini I noticed in this case study about a law firms decision to pick Google Apps for email and collaboration over Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino , that they mention Google has acquired a company called Postini (actually back last year ). Sunday, 13 January 2008 Another Web 2.0

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Understanding Have I Been Pwned's Use of SHA-1 and k-Anonymity

Troy Hunt

It's also a slower hashing algorithm; still totally unsuitable for storing user passwords in an online system, but it can have a hit on the consuming service if doing huge amounts of calculations. The 1 hash that won't yield any search results (until Google indexes this blog post.) is the middle one. And for what?

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