Aardvarks to Zorillas - Anything goes

Off late we have been seeing a lot of comments and brickmanship from Governments about how a blackberry needs to shut down its services in the the name of security. So why is this a problem. As it is known, blackbery uses encryption when it sends out mails. This is done with the help of a Blackbery Enterprise Server (BES). The idea behind it is simple. When you install a BES, you create a key. This key is used when you add up your Blackberries when they are added to the System. A certificate is downloaded from the server based on the seed provided by BES. A typical Assymetric Key Algorithm. Is this the only place where mails can be exchanged securely. Is there not other options for any would be misuse of encryption technologies. Would you ban VPN clients on the blackberries because somebody can use the services.  In the name of security it is becoming very easy for many to arm twist organizations to fall in line. Why would a multinational organization using blackberry services allow ...

Many a times it is difficult to find the reasons as to why a cloud application security is very different than any other approaches. A cloud is very similar to a private hosted data center sans the physical security aspects of it. The various components that build up the system can very well be built into the cloud. IdMs, RBACs, Key or Token based Systems. It is only a matter of time where in the Cloud Providers will partner with all these providers to get the economies of scale. The approach to the cloud model is not very much different than to a colocation or a private cloud. The Hypervisor is another component that needs to be managed as part of the Vulnerability Management of resources. What is applicable in a traditional model is still applicable to the cloud and in addition the concerns of the cloud. A few questions to answer.. It is more a logical data flow diagram which can help you identify the type of data on move and at rest and the necessary logical controls therefore r...