The list below will give you a start as you begin planning for secure cloud deployments.
If a secure cloud model can be designed, economic savings can certainly be realized.
Wuala Secure Cloud Storage makes data on the RuggedKey easily accessible without compromising security.
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The LaCie Blade Runner is equipped with 10GB of complimentary Wuala Secure Cloud Storage and user-friendly backup software.
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FileFinch helps users create a personal, secure cloud solution using their own hardware.
"There is no Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval that says this vendor does good, secure cloud computing, " Parenty told CNN.
Consumers can securely store card information, address books and more in a secure cloud, hosted by an entity they trust.
Together with Intrinsic-ID, NXP will demonstrate PUF technology on a SmartMX2 test chip with Intrinsic ID's SESAMES-award winning SATURNUS secure cloud application.
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It seems reasonable that the institutes should operate and collaborate within a secure cloud, similar to the networks where we store our nuclear secrets, tax records and military intelligence.
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Cubby, a simple, secure cloud service for sharing files across devices and with other people, is currently in beta and is anticipated to be generally available in early 2013.
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Cubby Basic provides users with a free, yet simple and secure cloud service for accessing information from virtually any device and sharing files with other people via the cloud, and includes 5GB of storage.
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"The acquisition of Meraki enables Cisco to make simple, secure, cloud managed networks available to our global customer base of mid-sized businesses and enterprises, " Rob Soderbery, senior vice president, Cisco Enterprise Networking Group said in a statement.
However, there has been a lot of apprehension about how secure and reliable cloud systems really are.
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Its Chrome OS has a history of being secure (although cloud computing will never be as protected as a local personal hard-drive).
Last year, for example, Lockheed Martin, the aerospace company, announced BlackCloud, a secure turnkey private cloud solution for government agencies designed to minimize risk while addressing compliance and mission requirements.
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If leaders of the U.S. military believe cloud computing is secure, then it might be time for civilian CIOs who have questioned the security capabilities of the cloud to reconsider.
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One of the most recent companies to get an infusion of cash from the U.S. spy bureau's investment fund is Cleversafe, a Chicago-based startup that offers software to keep data stored in cloud networks secure by slicing it up and storing it in different locations.
Army General Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, was explaining why cloud computing is secure enough for the Department of Defense (DOD).
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To allow enterprise applications to use the cloud we need more secure, intelligent, higher bandwidth and lower-latency communication.
Since Intel IPT is embedded at chip-level, unlike hardware or phone-based tokens, it can enable more secure, yet user-friendly cloud access protection.
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Then again, Jackson says in some ways, cloud computing is more secure.
Why would you want to copy and distribute dozens of plastic DVDs to people, if you had it available to you in a centralized server on the cloud, in a secure environment that was only accessible by the people who needed to have access to it?
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Also, a cloud is not necessarily less secure and can actually enhance security.
In a press release issued last month about the investment, William Strecker, In-Q-Tel's chief technology officer, said the intelligence community is looking for new ways to secure information given the increasing ubiquity of cloud computing.
Still, he relates, other executives say they favor the cloud precisely because it is more secure.
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We offer a cloud OS that is reliable, secure, scalable, and can deal with millions of cores in a data center.
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This helps resolve the conundrum for those who want public cloud cost efficiencies while shielding highly secure workloads behind their own firewalls.
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Speaking before the House, Alexander said cloud computing provides the best way to secure DOD networks.
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The facility is named Aurora and is a highly secure facility designed to meet the growing demand for cloud services in the country.
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