The Business Technologist - Cloud Computing,IT Security, Digital Forensics

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375647770423963952011-07-31T06:50:15.433-04:00The Business Technologist - Cloud Computing,IT Security, Digital ForensicsAn independent business technologist view on IT technologies, to encompass, Cloud Computing,IT Security, Live Forensics,SCADA security and Access Management. <a href="http://www.forensicfocus.com" alt="Forensic Focus" border="0"></a>Jon.CRG.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377183794840621844noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737564777042396395.post-32007098378621729422010-03-30T18:39:00.000-04:002010-03-30T18:39:01.808-04:00An Introduction to Cloud Computing

Introduction: Lately in the IT community all the hype is on Cloud Computing. We have small start-ups offering several variations of Cloud services as well as some of the established big players (Google, Amazon, IBM, Novell (aimed at cloud service providers),Sun) stepping up their offerings of cloud services. But what exactly is Cloud Computing? Simply put it can be seen as this: think of a

Jon.CRG.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377183794840621844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737564777042396395.post-47028054350462533422010-03-24T17:00:00.001-04:002010-03-25T09:38:10.911-04:00Social Engineering and Profiling at Airports

So I flew in to the Orlando (MCO) airport yesterday returning from a trip to the UK. Without realizing it I was taking note of security procedures and mentally checking off items as I stood in line waiting my turn with the C & I official. Of course, I will not share potential security issues I saw in such an open forum. As any good IT Security professional and CISSP worth her salt knows, IT

Jon.CRG.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377183794840621844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737564777042396395.post-72746307066492368782010-03-20T12:19:00.000-04:002010-03-20T12:19:44.130-04:00Live Forensics within the Cloud Computing environment

Traditionally analysts performed analysis on static data, either from a core dump, bit to bit imaging etc. Recently we have seen an increased focus directed at the live forensics environment. I read an article a few weeks ago where cloud proponents stated that an advantage of Cloud Computing is, an ability to conduct live forensics without disrupting mission critical systems. According to

Jon.CRG.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377183794840621844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737564777042396395.post-79185453329715609322010-01-03T12:02:00.001-05:002010-01-03T12:02:51.205-05:00Cloud Security - Concerned Much?!

Cloud Computing providers claim to have infrastructure and assets in place to ensure the security of the client's data as effectively as possible, but will these measure be enough to continue to maintain the stated security as subscribers grow and more subscribers share the same infrastructure and assets? One train of thought regarding the cloud is that crackers may not be able to target a

Jon.CRG.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377183794840621844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737564777042396395.post-44125356535912667512009-12-11T12:20:00.000-05:002009-12-11T13:49:32.696-05:00Amazon EC2, Google AppEngine and Microsoft Azure

Part 1Expanding on my introduction to cloud computing article, I wanted to take a look at three of the main platforms being offered for consumers i.e. the Platform as a Service model (PaaS).As a customer or tenant you should ensure your resources are in place to ensure the maintenance and management of of your identity management and authentication systems.When drafting your SLA ensure that the

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