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NIST Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

11/16/2011

Interesting draft from NIST on Security and Privacy Guidelines for Cloud Computing. Researchers have found that "organizational identification and authentication framework may not naturally extend into the cloud and extending or changing the existing framework to support cloud services may be difficult." (Chow et al., 2009)

One alternative is to create a new "cloud" identity system. Given the current state of information technology investment, it will likely be a "hard sell" to design, build, and support a second identity management system. Another alternative is to adopt a combination of eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). The latter provides a secure mechanism to exchange "assertations" for authentication. The former (XACML) offers the capability for a cloud provider to control access to cloud resources in a standard/non-proprietary fashion.

The guideline paper concludes with this thought: "Many of the features that make cloud computing attractive can also be at odds with traditional security models and controls."

Source: NIST Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

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Top Cloud Computing Events and Conferences for 2012

11/10/2011

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Brooks International has a good list of cloud computing events in 2012.

Top Cloud Computing Events and Conferences

Events Scheduled for 2012
Cloud Expo 2012 – June 11-14- NYC – http://cloudcomputingexpo.com/

CLOUDCON 2012 – February 13-16, 2012 – Santa Clara, CA – http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/santaclara/

ICNC 2012 – January 30- February 2 – Maui, HI – http://www.conf-icnc.org/

CloudCon Expo – July 11-13, 2012 – San Francisco, CA – http://www.cloudconexpo.com/

Cloud Security Alliance Innovation Conference 2012 – January 26 – Silicon Valley, CA – https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/events/csa-innovation-conference-2012/

Cloud Identity Summit 2012 – July – Vail, CO – http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com/

IDGA 3rd Annual Cloud Computing for DoD & Government – February 21-23 – Washington DC – http://www.cloudcomputingevent.com/Event.aspx?id=619576

2012 Cloud Computing & Virtualization Conference & Expo – http://govcloudconference.com/Events/2011/Home.aspx

Parallels Summit 2012 – Profit from the Cloud – February 14-16 – Orlando, FL – http://www.parallels.com/summit/2012/

Cloud Fair Conference 2012 – April 17 – 19, 2012 – Seattle, WA – http://www.cloudfairconference.com/

Cloud/Gov 2012 – February 16, Washington DC – http://www.siia.net/cloudgov/2012/

Remaining 2011 Events

UP 2011 – Cloud Computing Conference – Mountain View, CA- December 5-9 – http://up-con.com/

CloudBeat2011 – November 30- December 1 – Redwood City, CA – http://venturebeat.com/events/cloudbeat2011/ CIO

Cloud Summit 2011 – December 8-9 – Scottsdale, AZ – http://www.ciocloudsummit.com/

Cloud Security Alliance Congress 2011 – November 16-17 – Orlando, FL – http://www.misti.com/default.asp?page=65&Return=70&ProductID=4985&LS=cloud

CloudCamp 2011 – November 19 – Chicago, IL – http://www.cloudcamp.org

If you would like to add your event to our list please contact [email protected].
Source: http://blog.brooksinternational.com/top-cloud-computing-events-and-conferences/

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