Deploying clouds involves plenty of moving pieces. A threat, actual OpenStack code, the dependencies, the operating system, and hardware. it is no surprise that functionality often takes priority over security, but OpenStack-Ansible security role is trying to make that process easier. The openstack-ansible-security role delivers strong security enhancements (based on the Security Technical Implementation Guide… Continue reading Automated Security Hardening with OpenStack-Ansible
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Webinar – Garland & Big Switch: Enabling Low-cost 100G Monitoring for Visibility and Security
Learn how Big Switch SDN fabric and Garland TAPs enable low-cost 10G/40G/100G pervasive monitoring. In this recorded webinar, discover how Garland Technology’s network TAPs are deployed with Big Switch’s Big Monitoring Fabric to provide a 10G/40G/100G monitoring solution that is operationally simple, highly scalable, and cost-effective for enterprise, service provider and web-scale/SaaS data centers. The… Continue reading Webinar – Garland & Big Switch: Enabling Low-cost 100G Monitoring for Visibility and Security
Security enforcement, from OS to image to VM for Production OpenStack Cloud
Suning Cloud Commerceis one of the largest privately owned retailers in China. Suning has more than 1600 stores covering over 700 cities of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Japan, and its e-commerce platform, Suning.com ranks among top three Chinese B2C companies. There are more than 180,000 employees, thousands of mixed power, x86, storage servers and… Continue reading Security enforcement, from OS to image to VM for Production OpenStack Cloud
Security through community: How the security group is building security into each OpenStack release
The OpenStack Security Group exists to actively drive security features, best practice and guidance into OpenStack services. In the last year a number of projects have taken off and are now ready for wider adoption in OpenStack. In this talk we review the various projects that are currently running as part of the OSSG and… Continue reading Security through community: How the security group is building security into each OpenStack release
Detecting targeted cyber attacks in the cloud
These days, we see an increasing number of cyber-attacks affecting both public and private clouds. According to reports by antivirus companies, clouds can be used by botnets as well as by special services or cyber criminals to run targeted attacks with the purpose of collecting sensitive information in enterprise networks or government institutions. Current detection… Continue reading Detecting targeted cyber attacks in the cloud
Ixia Leverages Virtualization to Help Enterprises Ensure Security Resilience
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of application performance and security resilience solutions, announced that its BreakingPoint solution, an industry-leading security resilience solution, is now offered as virtualized software. The new BreakingPoint Virtual Edition (VE) solution provides enterprise IT departments with the same high-fidelity, real-world validation that security vendors and leading service providers use to… Continue reading Ixia Leverages Virtualization to Help Enterprises Ensure Security Resilience
Lancope Enhances Network Visibility and Security Analytics in StealthWatch System 6.6
Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, has unveiled the latest version of its context-aware security analytics platform, StealthWatch® System 6.6. With new security algorithms, enhanced network visualization, and more operationalized threat intelligence, the new platform enables enterprises to more quickly and effectively detect and respond to advanced threats. “Many enterprises have… Continue reading Lancope Enhances Network Visibility and Security Analytics in StealthWatch System 6.6
Trend Micro Alerts U.S. Market of New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Exploit
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704) (TSE: 4704) researchers have discovered a new zero-day critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-0313) affecting all versions of Adobe Flash Player on Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OSX. Researchers have identified active attacks using malicious advertisements or “malvertisements” against Microsoft Windows systems. This vulnerability has been confirmed by Adobe and the two companies… Continue reading Trend Micro Alerts U.S. Market of New Adobe Flash Zero-Day Exploit