Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here IoT and the Implications for Security Inside and Outside the Enterprise In the enterprise today, connected IoT devices are everywhere - both inside and outside corporate environments. The need to identify, manage, control and secure a quickly growing web of connections and outside devices is making the already challenging task of security even more important, and onerous. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here In his session at @ThingsExpo, Rich Boyer, CISO and Chief Architect for Security at NTT i3, discussed new ways of thinking and the approaches needed to address the emerging challenges of security in the enterprise. With a focus on the challenges and specific technical solutions possible using distributed trust, mutability, autonomy, and disposability, he showed how a single cohesive security management infrastruct... (more)

American Airlines Adopts Public Cloud Computing | @CloudExpo #AI #Cloud #Analytics

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). Designed by IBM in the 1960s it was designed to process a large numbers of transactions quickly. Although IBM is still updating the code, the last major rewrite was about ten years ago. With all the major technologies changes since then, it's clear that IBM has already accomplished a herculean task by keeping an application viable for over 50 years. Just like Americas aging physical infrastructure, the airlines are suffering from years of minimal investment in their information technology. This critical failure has been highlighted by a number of newsworthy incidents including: Delta, April 4, 2017 - Following storms that affected its Atlanta hub, Delta's crew-scheduling systems failed, causing days of op... (more)

Are You Prepared for Disaster (Recovery)? | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps #Security

Are You Prepared for Disaster (Recovery)? By Tony Beeston There's no escaping how essential IT has become to modern business; gone are the days where corporate life can continue without its IT systems. These days, across all industry sectors, critical business processes rely upon IT, and yet we're still being met by what feels like an age-old conundrum: what awaits us in the face of a disaster? Just to be clear, when I say ‘disaster', I'm not talking about a situation that can be solved by the likes of high availability. In this case, disaster means a ‘marginally-short-of-an-apocalypse' scale incident. Simply load-balancing servers isn't going to solve this situation. Before you get too comfortable and tell yourself, "that sort of thing will never happen to me", I want to run some figures past you quickly, which have been compiled by IDG Group: 42% of surveyed comp... (more)

[video] @Cloudistics Public Cloud | @CloudExpo #CloudNative #AI #DataCenter

"As we've gone out into the public cloud we've seen that over time we may have lost a few things - we've lost control, we've given up cost to a certain extent, and then security, flexibility," explained Steve Conner, VP of Sales at Cloudistics,in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 20th Cloud Expo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend 21st Cloud Expo, October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-14, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation. Track 1. Enterprise Cloud | Cloud-Native Track 2. Big Data | Analytics Track 3. Internet of Things | IIoT | S... (more)

[slides] #IoT and Medical Device Safety | @ThingsExpo #AI #M2M #DX #SmartCities

Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Medical Device Safety in a Connected World Consumers increasingly expect their electronic "things" to be connected to smart phones, tablets and the Internet. When that thing happens to be a medical device, the risks and benefits of connectivity must be carefully weighed. Once the decision is made that connecting the device is beneficial, medical device manufacturers must design their products to maintain patient safety and prevent compromised personal health information in the face of cybersecurity threats. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here In his session at @ThingsExpo, Clark Fortney, Software Engineer at Battelle, discussed how designing safe connected medical devices begins with systematically analyzing cyber threats against desired functionality and making smart hardware/software architectural choices accordi... (more)

Is Your Company Ready for the General Data Protection Regulation? | @CloudExpo #Cloud #Security #Analytics

Is Your Company Ready for the General Data Protection Regulation? Remember the Y2K bug, the computer coding flaw that was predicted to cause global havoc when the two-digit dates embedded in software rolled over from 1999 to 2000? After organizations around the world spent a year checking and upgrading their systems to deal with the issue, few major problems ended up occurring. The world is now on the brink of what could be called the Y2K bug of data privacy - the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), tough rules that require companies to be more transparent about the information they collect on individuals and how it is used. GDPR's impact reaches beyond Europe because it covers any company with data about European Union citizens on its servers. Are you a U.S. bank with a subsidiary in Europe or a retailer with online customers on the continent... (more)

How Does Big Data Affect Intellectual Property Rights? | @BigDataExpo #BigData #Security

Patents are a good step towards shielding your IP data, but they're not a seamless solution. Legal protection regarding intellectual property isn't definite and has some holes in it. The constant stream of big data has made this problem even worse, obscuring the specifics about original ownership. Data comes in streams from all over the world. Companies have more information about consumers and their closest competitors than ever before. It's an incredible marketing advantage when utilized correctly, and businesses are happy to have it in their arsenal. However, there's a dark side of big data that challenges an organization's brand and even it's reputation. It gives businesses a potential insider perspective on trade secrets, and the lines between intellectual rights become blurred. Suddenly, the hard work you put into creating new ideas and products can be seen by... (more)

The Dark Side of SSH Key Compliance | @CloudExpo #Cloud #AI #Compliance

Who is accountable for SSH-related, key-based access in your organization? In many enterprises, this is not clear, leading to assumptions that leave you vulnerable to attack and compliance violations as well. This article will address the challenge of SSH user key-based access from the perspective of compliance. It's all about access control. All the regulations, laws and frameworks exist to ensure, at a minimum, that protected data (PII, ePHI, credit card data, etc.) has authorized access. It doesn't matter whether that access is being requested by a machine, admin or business user. The fact is that: Oversight and control are sorely lacking in many organizations. They do not have visibility into SSH user key-based trusts or monitoring capabilities. They lack processes for provisioning ownership, revocation and rotation of keys. There is no ownership of the access b... (more)

Calligo Named “Bronze Sponsor” of @CloudExpo | @CalligoCloud #Security #DevOps #AI #DX

SYS-CON Events announced today that Calligo has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Calligo is an innovative cloud service provider offering mid-sized companies the highest levels of data privacy. Calligo offers unparalleled application performance guarantees, commercial flexibility and a personalized support service from its globally located cloud platforms. Through its four pillars of focus, Calligo delivers a platform that businesses can trust to deliver the high level of service and protection they expect and is lacking in many cloud offerings. For more information, please visit https://calligo.cloud/. 21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa C... (more)

[video] Cloud-Scale with @JuniperNetworks | @CloudExpo #CloudNative #DevOps #AI #DX

"We're here to tell the world about our cloud-scale infrastructure that we have at Juniper combined with the world-class security that we put into the cloud," explained Lisa Guess, VP of Systems Engineering at Juniper Networks, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 20th Cloud Expo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend 21st Cloud Expo, October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-14, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation. Track 1. Enterprise Cloud | Cloud-Native Track 2. Big Data | Analytics Track 3. Internet of Things | IIoT | Smart Cities Trac... (more)

[slides] Enabling FinTechs for Success | @CloudExpo @CloudRaxak #Cloud #FinTech #Security

Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Enabling FinTechs for Success through Business-Driven Cloud Security FinTechs use the cloud to operate at the speed and scale of digital financial activity, but are often hindered by the complexity of managing security and compliance in the cloud. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Sesh Murthy, co-founder and CTO of Cloud Raxak, showed how proactive and automated cloud security enables FinTechs to leverage the cloud to achieve their business goals. Through business-driven cloud security, FinTechs can speed time-to-market, diminish risk and costs, maintain continuous compliance, and set themselves up for success. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Speaker Bio Sesh Murthy is the Co-Founder and CTO of Cloud Raxak. Before Cloud Raxak, he was the Vice President of Cloud Innovation at IBM Glob... (more)