Amazon AWS Inspector
Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps you test the network accessibility of your Amazon EC2 instances and the security state of your applications running on those instances.
A Book Review of “Pentesting Azure Applications” by Matt Burrough
In this book review, I looked at the topic of pentesting cloud-based applications, specifically Microsoft’s Azure. While the focus of the book was for Azure, a lot of the information will be beneficial no matter the cloud environment.
Cloud & The Security Skills Gap
An informative video on cloud and the security skill gap from Darkreading.com F5 Network security evangelist David Holmes offers concrete advice about how cloud outsourcing can help companies with a talent shortfall solve three enterprise security problems: application security, penetration testing, and bug bounties. To look at the video click here:
NSA vs. Cloud Encryption: Which is Stronger?
NSA vs. Cloud Encryption: Which is Stronger?
Cloud Security Measures Too Opaque For Customers
An new article on cloud security from Dark Reading: The apparent cost benefits and flexibility of cloud services may have convinced companies' front offices to dive into the cloud, but convincing corporate security teams is another matter. Nearly seven out of eight information-technology professionals do not trust cloud providers to protect their companies' most sensitive […]
TakeDownCon Dallas 2012, May 4 9
This highly technical IT security conference series was launched in 2011 in Dallas, Texas. TakeDownCon is a no-frills and topic focused conference series that is targeted towards the security engineers, researchers and analysts. The topical theme of this unique event series revolves around some of the most talked-about security issues such as Web Application Security, SCADA and Critical Infrastructures, Cloud Security, among others. Cities that are earmarked where TakeDownCon will be hosted in the near future are Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Amsterdam, London, Johannesburg, Singapore, among others. For more information about TakeDownCon, please visit: http://www.takedowncon.com