RSA Conference Day 2: Cloud Security Focus Continues
... which included...
- In his keynote speech, RSA President Art Coviello reiterated that trust is the major challenge facing cloud services providers, and the industry needs to do more to address the problem.
Second verse, same as the first: cloud security continued to be a major theme at the second day of the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Here are the highlights…
… which included…
- In his keynote speech, RSA President Art Coviello reiterated that trust is the major challenge facing cloud services providers, and the industry needs to do more to address the problem.
- CA is expected to extend identity management to Salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud 2 application.
- Sourcefire, in partnership with Immunet, has announced a free, cloud-based version of the ClamAV antivirus. Interestingly, it mentions that it will “link together a user’s network of friends” to help uncover new threats. Social networking meets security?
- US cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt unveiled parts of the federal government’s plan to defend the network, circa the end of the Bush era. Of note: it included discussion of the government’s role in monitoring critical private networks like the phone system or the electric grid.
- A talk on Microsoft security exploits was mysteriously dropped from the conference program with no explanation. Microsoft’s offering a “no comment” on what prompted the change.
As the cloud gains traction in the market, it’s no surprise that it’s on everyone’s mind. All the same, I wasn’t expecting it to be such a huge topic of conversation at the conference. Watch The VAR Guy for more as the event progresses.