CSA Congress is Hot for Cloud Security
Posted by Stuart Lisk on November 17, 2010
The first day of the first annual Cloud Security Alliance Congress kicked off Tuesday in Orlando, Florida, where the topics were as hot as the southeast weather (eat your heart out Seattleites). Day One seemed to be all about managing risk, with keynotes and sessions covering trust, governance, compliance, and how to best serve customers - all with the goal of lowering barriers to cloud adoption.
The day started off with Microsoft’s corporate VP of trustworthy computing, Scott Charney, as the keynote speaker, talking about Creating a Safer, More Trusted Internet. He discussed the challenges, risks and strategies associated with driving technology and policy changes. He also broadened the conversation to include other factors such as whether global collaboration exists to help drive cloud adoption.
Unfortunately, one session I was looking forward to attending did not turn out quite the way I hoped. The session was supposed to include a bank customer as a successful case study to co-present. Michael Berman, CTO of Catbird, did an admirable job of presenting but clearly the void was apparent. Clearly, not his fault.
The day continued to sizzle as excellent content flowed. One of my favorite sessions of the day was the session: “Using Cloud Technology to Align Security and Compliance within Regulated Industries”, presented by Peter Stewart, CEO of TraceSecurity. He talked about the impact cloud services has on highly regulated industries, why a security compliance program can be particularly enhanced by cloud technology, and what responsibilities cloud providers have to clients.
His delivery and experience enabled him to be the only track session of the day to discuss compliance based on a real world experience in layman’s terms. I liked how he made it easy for the attendees to relate to his examples and recommendations.
The day didn’t cool off we headed into the day’s closing keynote by John Thompson, Chairman of the Board of Symantec. He discussed the opportunities ahead for cloud computing, which can only come to fruition through trust and confidence between cloud providers and users. Working together in the security industry will ensure delivery of secure public and private clouds.
Tags: Cloud Compliance, Cloud Security, Cloud Security Alliance, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing
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