Posted by: Mark Estberg , Senior Director, Online Services Security and Compliance Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (GFS) organization delivers the global infrastructure and network for over 200 consumer and enterprise cloud services. The security, privacy and reliability expectations...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Earlier this month, I wrote about reliability and the importance of customers knowing what measures their cloud provider has in place to deal with incidents and events that may compromise reliability when they occur. Because many customers...

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: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Earlier this month I attended the Security Development Conference 2012 (SDC 2012). As Steve Lipner, Partner Director of Program Management, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft wrote in his article about the event , the conference enabled people from...

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...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Consumers of cloud services generally don’t get to see the layers of technology that they rely on. For many, this seamless delivery is part of the value proposition of cloud computing; depending on the type of deployment, customers expect their...

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 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...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Twice a year we produce the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) – an incredibly detailed view into the threat landscape and threat trends in 100+ countries around the world. One piece of data that tends to catch people’s attention...

Posted by Richard Saunders Microsoft’s chief security strategist shares the basics of keeping data safe in the cloud For anyone who wants a primer on the security, privacy and reliability issues involved in the move to cloud computing, this video featuring Doug Cavit, principal security...