VP and CTO, Cloud and Data Center Solutions Greg Brown joined the McAfee network security team in 2006. He has sponsored industry leading advances in network security technology including integration with McAfee's systems and risk management product lines. He has 20 years experience in the network security and telecommunications industry, working with silicon technology vendors, security software/hardware vendors and service providers. He has provided design consultant services for national IT security infrastructure programs on four continents, and was the principal designer for first time national Internet infrastructure programs in more than 30 countries.
When I speak with organizations about their adoption of cloud services, I find it interesting that less than half have policies regarding Software as a Service (SaaS), and even fewer have established security best practices or enablement tools. I find it even more interesting that when I ask the same questions about Infrastructure as a Read more…
Tags: IaaS, Network Security, SaaS
The advantages of cloud computing – new levels of cost efficiency, rapid deployment and self-service are much talked about. Yet, while cloud computing remains a top executive priority, security factors are inhibiting broadscale adoption. Very recent Intel Peer Research on cloud computing “What’s Holding Back the Cloud” revealed that 56% of IT professionals are concerned Read more…
Tags: Cloud computing, Virtualization
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