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Data protection in the cloud Because cloud-based services use the Internet, storing data in the cloud can be risky and can mean less control over your data. As an IT manager, how do you decide which kinds of data to store in the cloud, stay compliant with government regulation, and maintain control and protect your data in a cloud-based model? Find out all you need to know about data protection for cloud based data. In this section we cover the legal and compliance ramifications of shifting workloads to cloud computing services and how your data is segregated and protected in the cloud. Read news, technical tips and analysis on encrypting data in the cloud and how the regulations within HIPAA apply to cloud-based services among other related topics. This topic also covers identity and access management in the cloud and medical records privacy.



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	Cloud computing coming into focus for IT pros SearchCloudComputing.com \| 20 Nov 2009 ARTICLE - Interop attendees have come quite far in understanding cloud computing, but old questions on visibility and security keep popping up.


	Learning to let go: A cloud security primer with George Reese SearchCloudComputing.com \| 07 Oct 2009 ARTICLE - George Reese, founder of enStratus, talks about some of the new security concerns in cloud computing and reminds us the old ones never left.


	Virtualization vulnerabilities leave clouds insecure SearchCloudComputing.com \| 24 Sep 2009 ARTICLE - New research from MIT and UC-San Diego has exposed ground-floor vulnerabilities in public clouds. Attackers can find your virtual machines with ease -- can they exploit them?


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	Cloud computing skepticism: IT security and compliance Submitted By: SearchCloudComputing.com \| 14 May 2009 TIP - Cloud computing has great potential, but IT pros remain skeptical. An expert explores security and compliance concerns that might hinder the cloud's viability in this tip.


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	Security issues in cloud computing Steve Cimino, Assistant Editor \| 22 Oct 2009 PRIMER - Until cloud computing providers understand the depth of certain cloud security problems, questions about safeguarding cloud data will linger.


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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 2 of 2


	cloud cartography 14 Oct 2009 WORD - Cloud cartography is a scheme for pinpointing the physical locations of Web servers hosted on a third-party cloud computing service. The goal of cloud cartography is to map the service provider's infrastructure in order to ...


	CloudAV 24 Oct 2008 WORD - CloudAV is a program that provides antivirus protection as an Internet service. CloudAV allows the user to take advantage of multiple antivirus programs without running them locally so the user's computer performance is not ...


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