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The cloud, like every other technology, was developed to help us do more things faster and more efficiently. It’s a business tool that provides the self-service flexibility of on-demand technological services decoupled from the need to physically deliver hardware and software. Organizations are flocking to leverage this power, but there are nagging questions: Is cloud…

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In part 1, we discussed the various definitions of cloud and looked at cloud incidents related to data breaches, such as outages. In this part, we’re taking a close look at major cloud data breach incidents over the past few years. Are the majority of these breaches associated with sophisticated advanced attackers or malicious insiders?…

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Good or bad, the cloud adoption represents a new pathway for anyone to become a software startup without having to hire operations or infrastructure personnel. Although they can quickly get a minimally viable application up and running, that application may lack both robustness and security measures of more traditional, well-engineered systems. I’m pretty sure that…

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This is the first in a three-part series on the new Department of Defense (DoD) audit requirement called Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). This first part introduces CMMC and what it means for the future of U.S. government suppliers of cybersecurity. Part two will discuss how to prepare for a CMMC audit. Part 3 will…

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This is the second in a three-part series on the new Department of Defense (DoD) audit requirement called Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Part one introduced the DoD CMMC model and what it means for the future of U.S. government cybersecurity suppliers. Part two goes into more detail about the CMMC audit itself. CMMC did…

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