Posted by Adrienne Hall , general manager, Trustworthy Computing Today Microsoft releases volume 14 of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report , which provides trends and insights on security vulnerabilities, exploit activity, malware and potentially unwanted software, spam, phishing, malicious...

Posted by: Adrienne Hall , General Manager, Trustworthy Computing Last May I traveled to Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong to meet with customers and reporters. I was interested to hear their perspectives regarding cloud services while sharing a recently completed a study on small to midsize businesses’...

Posted by: Brendon Lynch , Chief Privacy Officer, Trustworthy Computing Not long ago, the IT industry wondered if privacy concerns would prevent small and midsize businesses (SMBs) from moving to the cloud. Today, I’m pleased to share findings of a new Microsoft-sponsored study that indicates...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Lori Woehler, senior director in the Microsoft World Wide Public Sector team, joins me to discuss how Microsoft World Wide Public Sector works with government, health care, education, public safety, and national security customers globally...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing In this blog video series, I have talked to quite a few people on the topics of security, privacy, and reliability as they relate to cloud computing. For this post, I had an opportunity to talk with Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President for...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing I have written more than a few articles on this blog focused on why it is important to provide visibility into how cloud services are being operated by cloud providers, particularly where security controls are concerned. Security of cloud services...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing In my two previous articles recapping the Security Development Conference 2012 I shared some insights from Richard Clarke’s keynote and General Michael V. Hayden’s keynote . The final keynote of the conference was delivered by Scott...

Posted By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Security standards for cloud computing are of high interest to many organizations around the world eager to adopt cloud services that are implemented and operated using a standards based approach. Cloud providers that choose to leverage existing...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing If you’ve been following this series then you know I’ve previously written about the importance of security, compliance and privacy in the cloud. Whenever I talk to customers these themes continually come through as important topics...

Posted by: Richard Saunders , Director, Trustworthy Computing New data from Microsoft Trustworthy Computing shows that small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) in Hong Kong experience similar cloud security benefits as the SMBs we’ve highlighted from the United States , Singapore , India and...

Posted by: Richard Saunders , Director, Trustworthy Computing At this point you have likely seen some of our survey data on the improved security, cost savings and time savings associated with cloud security for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). We’ve shared specific data on SMBs in...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing It goes without saying that the physical security of the data centers where cloud services are hosted is a very important aspect of security to all of the customers I talk to. After all, if an attacker can gain physical access to the hardware...

Posted by: Richard Saunders , Director, Trustworthy Computing Last week we shared data that highlights the security benefits small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) in the United States , Singapore and India gain from using the cloud. The benefits these organizations attest to—cost savings,...

Posted by: Richard Saunders , Director, Trustworthy Computing Earlier this week we shared news around the security benefits small to mid-size businesses (SMBs) gain from using the cloud in both the United States and Singapore . Additional data focusing on SMBs in India shows that improved security...

Posted by: Richard Saunders , Director, Trustworthy Computing Earlier today Microsoft Trustworthy Computing announced the results of a study showing the security benefits U.S. small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) gain from cloud computing. In this study we found that U.S. SMBs using the cloud...

Posted by: Adrienne Hall , General Manager, Trustworthy Computing Any conversation I have with a customer that hasn't yet adopted a cloud service includes the topic of security at some point. It isn’t surprising that security frequently tops the list of cloud adoption items; yet I believe it...

Posted By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing A key topic when it comes to security is identity. But, the laws of identity tell us “the Internet was built without a way to know who and what you are connecting to…Since this essential capability is missing, everyone offering...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing If you have been following our Trustworthy Computing Cloud Fundamentals Video Series you have probably seen at least two videos where we discuss the importance of transparency in cloud security controls. In addition, we have shared how the Cloud...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Industry collaboration is critical to helping businesses, governments and citizens realize safer computing experiences. It is also important in the context of cloud security. Earlier in this series I discussed the benefits of industry collaboration...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Earlier in this series I wrote about transparency and how the Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) Security Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR) provides cloud customers with some insight into how cloud providers are managing the security controls...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing The consumerization of IT, referred to by many people as “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD), is a very hot topic these days as organizations grapple with the challenge of managing the risks in allowing their data to be placed on personal mobile...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Many organizations want to take advantage of the cloud, but the data within existing services often contains a mix of the organization’s high, moderate, and low impact data. In this next installment of Trustworthy Computing’s Cloud...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Electronic discovery, or e-discovery, is a hot topic among security professionals whose organizations are using cloud services or are evaluating using cloud services in the future. When there is a need to perform forensic investigations to...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing If you’ve been following our Cloud Fundamentals series, you’ve heard me discuss why transparency is important for both cloud service providers and their customers. Another important aspect of this theme that customers have discussed...

Posted by: Jacqueline Beauchere , Director, Trustworthy Computing We all know that old saying … And, as those kids move into their teen years, their remarks become that much more intelligent, insightful, and astute. Never was this more apparent to me than at a roundtable discussion led by Microsoft...