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Takes a different perspective about cloud services and how to incorporate them.

Great Resource no Cloud computing and a bit more technical.

Most organizations already have started to use virtualization technology or cloud computing. Yet some still may be reluctant to move their mission-critical-tier-1 - applications to these relatively new environments. While the flexibility and cost benefits of virtualization are widely accepted, questions linger on how to adapt to new and different risks.

Concern about security and privacy in the cloud will drive adoption of cloud encryption systems, but Gartner warns there are six security issues that businesses should tackle. The expected compound annual growth rate of software as a service (SaaS) from 2011 to 2016 is 19.5%, platform as a service (PaaS) 27.7%, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) 41.3% and security services spending 22%.

This is great explanation of security threats associated with cloud computing on the 3 available options in cloud computing: Infrastructure, Platform & Application.

This was a simple video that broke down cloud computing to its simplest form. I liked how it explained the billing and information use of the concept.

US-CERT's mission is to improve the nation's cybersecurity posture, coordinate cyber information sharing, and proactively manage cyber risks to the nation.

The "Alerts And Tips" page of this site provides excellent up to date alerts. (http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas). Subheadings include: Current Activity, Alerts, Bulletins, and Tips. The Bulletins page provides weekly vulnerability summaries. It's worth a look for anyone who hasn't seen this already.

Excellent emerging threat resource using graphical charts displaying daily security threats, including malware, security risks, vulnerabilities, and spam.

News oriented site that covers breaking news on Privacy, Crime and Security Online.

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A site that you can subscribe to bi-weekly updates to computer security as a way to keep current on potential emerging threats.

This is a great site with a simple archive system. I read the article on the 80% increase for android malware in China. The Android platform is a security nightmare. Everyday it seems like a new exploit is exposed and it takes months for a update.

This makes complete sense to me but seems like something in a science fiction book. The ability to put mankind's years worth of data on a few grams of DNA seems far reaching to me but interesting all the same.

Dark Reading is a comprehensive source of news, commentary and analysis on cybersecurity, designed for use by IT security professionals.

Description of Facebook's graph search and the privacy concerns around it.

Unexpected security risks can arise with new, emerging computer technologies. We seek to stay one step ahead of the "bad guys" and identify, measure, and learn from their risks before actual threats manifest. We co-led the first experimental study of the computer security properties of wireless implantable medical devices.

Abstract: The fusion of social networks and wearable sensors is becoming increasingly popular, with systems like Fitbit automating the process of reporting and sharing user fitness data. In this paper we show that while compelling, the integration of health data into social networks is fraught with privacy and security vulnerabilities.

Department of Bioengineering, Room 269B, Y2E2 Building, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Edited by David Baker, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and approved April 6, 2012 (received for review February 8, 2012) Abstract The use of synthetic biological systems in research, healthcare, and manufacturing often requires autonomous history-dependent behavior and therefore some form of engineered biological memory.

Date: Using next-generation sequencing technology and a novel strategy to encode 1,000 times the largest data size previously achieved in DNA, Harvard geneticist encodes his book in life's language There are currently 70 billion copies of the forthcoming book, Regenesis, all stored in the form of DNA.