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Cloud-Related Blogs

Some of our management team post Cloud-related blog entries. We hope you find them both interesting and informative.

If you would like to comment on any of these blogs, please do so on the blog itself, use our Contact Us form, or email us at talk@PurposefulClouds.com.

Founder & CEO Blogs

• Will NaaS and Mobile Cloud Computing test sky limits?
• Assessment Services and Training Simplify Your Journey to the Cloud
• Microsoft in the Clouds with Windows Azure Platform?
• Doing more with less is simpler than you think, Really?
• Social Media and Cloud Computing for the Enterprise

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VP Cloud Security Blogs

Most recent blogs:

• Cloud Culture Shock:
  Your journey to the Cloud can cause culture shock, and not just to the IT department.
• The Password Conundrum:
  Some words on selecting passwords and password rules.
• Cloud Requirements
  The start of a conversation about determining your Cloud requirements.
• How Green the Cloud?
  Can Cloud Computing be part of a company's "going green" program?

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If you are new to the Cloud, you might start with these:

• Why Is the Cloud?
  What problems can the Cloud solve for you?
• What Is the Cloud?
  Confused about what the Cloud is?
• How Does the Cloud Work?
  A discussion of private, public and hybrid Cloud models.

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This set focuses on security in the Cloud:

• The Password Conundrum:
  Some words on selecting passwords and password rules.
• Amazon Got It Right?
  A look at Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) encryption options.
• Paper Is Not the Best Place for Data
  Try the Cloud instead.
• Death of the Laptop?
  Will the Cloud eliminate the laptop as we know it?
• Mission Resilient Clouds:
  What if you absolutely must have your Cloud available to your customers and employees?
• Mission Resilient Clouds Part 2:
  A look at the goals of the DARPA MRC program.
• Data in the Cloud
  Ten questions to get answered before you put your or your customer's data out in the Cloud.
• 2011 Data Breach Report
  A review of the Verizon / U.S. Secret Service / Dutch High Tech Crime Unit 2011 Data Breach Report.
• Cyber Hackers are Terrorists,
  and we need to treat them as such.
• Cloud Security, Part 2: Where's Your Data?
  About why you should be concerned about where your data is physically in the Cloud.
• Cloud Security Opportunities
  Looking at some security advantages of moving to the Cloud.
• Compliance in the Cloud
  Looking at the risks and benefits of the Cloud in the area of compliance.
• PCI DSS 2.0 Compliance
  Compliance should be a business imperative, not an IT imperative.
• Encryption in the Cloud
  A good way to protect your data, and your company, is to encrypt your data in the Cloud. This post starts the conversation on if and how you can do that.
• Encryption in the Cloud: Data-in-Motion
  Continuing the encryption in the Cloud conversation, this post talks about encrypting data-in-motion in the Cloud.
• Stealth in the Cloud
  A review of the Unisys Stealth Solution for Network, data-in-motion protection for the Cloud.
• Encryption in the Cloud: Data-at-Rest
  Continuing the encryption in the Cloud conversation, this post talks about some general issues with encrypting data-at-rest.
• Encryption in the Cloud: More Data-at-Rest
  Extending the prior blog, this post talks about encrypting data-at-rest in the Cloud.
• Cyber War I Has Started
  The world is now in a shooting war, with someone attacking someone. No "news at 11" on this one.
• Death in the Cloud
  No, not a Margaret Truman murder mystery, but some comments and suggestions on your personal digital legacy.
• Cloud Security, Part 1
  Looking at the US Secret Service / Verizon RISK Team "2010 Data Breach Report".

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General Cloud Computing posts:

• Cloud Culture Shock:
  Your journey to the Cloud can cause culture shock, and not just to the IT department.
• Cloud Requirements
  The start of a conversation about determining your Cloud requirements.
• How Green the Cloud?
  Can Cloud Computing be part of a company's "going green" program?
• Start Your Journey to the Cloud:
  You will not get the benefits available from the Cloud until you start your journey to the Cloud.
• Beware the Googlenet:
  Potential consequences of Google+
• Just Because It Says Cloud …
  Every product or service with "cloud" in the name is not necessarily the real Cloud. But that is OK.
• The Cloud in one Word:
  "Opportunity."
• First Steps to the Cloud
  A receipe to move to the Cloud.
• Don't get MAD in the Cloud:
  Contracts with Cloud Service Providers must be based on mutual cooperation, not punishment.
• Availability in the Cloud
  As in a lot of things, you get what you pay for in terms of the availability of your applications and data in the Cloud.
• Your Year of the Cloud?
  Is 2011 the year you really start moving to the Cloud?
• Walk, Don't Run, to the Cloud
  You need to move to the Cloud, but you need to do it carefully.
• Your First Cloud Project
  With lessons learned from the November 2010 mid-term elections in the US.
• Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
  Some thoughts about taking your disaster recovery processes to the Cloud.
• Shared Risk in the Cloud
  How is the risk for security, availability and performance divided between you and your Cloud Service Provider? There is a fourth risk: the risk that your CSP can shut down your business.
• Electronic Medical Records in the Cloud
  The ultimate Cloud application?
• Library in the Cloud
  We actually have a library in the Cloud. It's huge. But even with high-speed Internet access, you are probably only able to access a very small part of that library.

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