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Cloud Computing panel discussion at INSIGHTS 2013

Hi all,at INSIGHTS 2013 (http://www.isaca.org/Education/Conferences/Pages/INSIGHTS-2013.aspx) the t...

Marc Vael @ 4/12/2013 4:32 AM | Comments (0)

SSAE16, Right to Audit?

How do most that work for industry maintain that their Cloud Service/SW provider is secured and ope...

SArndt @ 4/2/2013 1:35 PM | Comments (1)

Cloud Computing for non-US companies

question for those of you who are using the cloud at your organizations and you are not a US compan...

Lydija Dahl @ 3/21/2013 3:23 PM | Comments (0)

Security certification or security rating for cloud services?

(Originally posted in my ISACA blog: http://www.isaca.org/Blogs/130224/archive/2013/1/23/security-c...

Antonio Ramos @ 1/23/2013 6:34 AM | Comments (1)

Missing the point of cloud security?

I have recently read the document "Security Considerations for Cloud Computing" and, stra...

Antonio Ramos @ 12/14/2012 1:06 AM | Comments (1)

Cloud needs to transition from technology solution to a business resource.

For cloud to provide enterprise-changing capabilities and the benefits that vendors have promised, ...

yves_le_roux @ 9/28/2012 7:16 AM | Comments (1)

EUROCACS/ISRM 2012 Presentation Materials are available

EUROCACS/ISRM 2012 Presentation Materials are available http://t.co/aEHCvg8xThis include my present...

yves_le_roux @ 9/25/2012 7:53 AM | Comments (1)

Looking for trainer for a 1 day session on- Cloud Computing: Differences in Risks for the IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS

Please feel free to pass this on to your network.  Thank you!I am from the NJ ISACA chapter (www.nj...

Yolanda004 @ 9/18/2012 12:48 PM | Comments (2)

Have you read the ISACA papers related to my EuroCACS/ISRM sessions?

In my EuroCACS/ISRM presentations ( Session 124 "Can We Trust the Cloud? About Security, Priva...

yves_le_roux @ 8/21/2012 4:52 AM | Comments (2)

Can We Trust The Cloud?

High-profile data breaches and missteps involving personal data seem to be reported almost daily by...

yves_le_roux @ 8/21/2012 3:13 AM | Comments (1)

Considering all aspects in Cloud Computing Security

Cloud computing is not just outsourcing. In this session we will be deploying the COBIT 5 / COBIT 5...

Christos Dimitriadis @ 8/14/2012 4:50 AM | Comments (1)

Shape a session! Share your thoughts! Cloud on EuroCACS/ISRM, Munich, September 2012

Welcome to a great opportunity to network and share your thoughts with a Cloud expert. Yves Marcel ...

Ramses @ 8/11/2012 5:29 AM | Comments (1)

Ask the Expert! Cloud on EuroCACS/ISRM, Munich

Hi all, Community Members,We are presenting a great opportunity to know, contribute and design, in ...

Ramses @ 8/11/2012 5:23 AM | Comments (3)

3rd Party Hosted App Audit Plan?

Just wondering if anyone out there could share an example of an IT Audit plan covering risks around...

JCF @ 8/3/2012 1:51 PM | Comments (2)

FFIEC Cloud Computing Statement

Just wanted to bring to your attention a recent statement that was released by FFIEC with regards t...

talyam @ 7/19/2012 2:35 AM | Comments (0)

RE: SSAE16, Right to Audit?

Depending on the size of the contract, my company does a vendor review.  As part of that review, we...

Sai @ 4/5/2013 7:25 PM

RE: Security certification or security rating for cloud services?

CSA www.cloudsecurityalliance.org has developed a mechanism to challenge the security, trust and as...

Marc Vael @ 2/16/2013 8:30 AM

RE: Missing the point of cloud security?

It is OK to have an opinion on ISACA documents, but maybe you should take this up with the developm...

Marc Vael @ 2/16/2013 8:25 AM

RE: 3rd Party Hosted App Audit Plan?

ISACA recently published an audit program for outsourced environments that can help you. You can do...

Eva Sweet @ 2/13/2013 11:50 AM

RE: EUROCACS/ISRM 2012 Presentation Materials are available

Very nice. Many thanks for this.

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:49 AM

aspects in Cloud Computing Security

As always "it depends" which cloud flavour you have in mind. Private cloud: not really an...

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:47 AM

Cloud on EuroCACS/ISRM Munich September 2012

Are any handouts made available on the ISACA website?

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:45 AM

3rd Party Hosted App Audit Plan

A good starting point is this reference http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/Standards/Pages/IS-Au...

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:44 AM

OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA)

New specification document is available http://docs.oasis-open.org/tosca/TOSCA/v1.0/csd04/TOSCA-v1....

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:40 AM

using Open Source Cloud Computing

Here is the link http://www.openstack.org/

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:39 AM

RE: Contrail project on cloud

All information can be found under http://contrail-project.eu/

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:38 AM

RE: Cobit 5 Framework Exposure Draft and Cloud Computing

All information on COBIT5 can be found on www.isaca.org/cobit5

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:36 AM

NIST Special Publication 800-146 Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations

And here the link to the final version http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911075

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:34 AM

SURVEY cloud computing

Very nice survey and results are available via www.isaca.org/cloud

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:31 AM

predicting the reduced demand for equipment in companies worldwide

Very good questions 1) The providers of hardware and infrastructure solutions are predicting the re...

Marc Vael @ 12/11/2012 8:27 AM

Cloud Project Week 1 What is Cloud Computing?

For all of the articles and conference sessions talking about cloud computing there remains what se...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 5/9/2011 2:14 PM | Comments (44)

Cloud Project Week 2 What does cloud mean to business?

During our first week of very interesting discussions we asked what cloud was and why should be car...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 5/15/2011 9:43 PM | Comments (42)

Cloud Project Week 3 What does cloud mean to individuals

On our first week we discussed what cloud is. Our second week discussion addressed what cloud will ...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 5/24/2011 11:47 AM | Comments (32)

Cloud Project Week 4: Implications of Cloud Computing

We have over the weeks discussed cloud computing and what it means to organizations and induviduals...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 5/29/2011 3:03 PM | Comments (26)

Cloud Project Week 5 Principles of Performance

This week we need to begin evolving the principles of performance for organizations related to clou...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 6/3/2011 10:24 AM | Comments (20)

Security in the Cloud project

ISACA's Guidance and Practices Committee is looking for volunteers for a project that will focus on...

Shannon Donahue @ 1/30/2012 2:04 PM | Comments (17)

Cloud Project Final Week

As the project work shifts from discussions in the Cloud Community to my developing a project repor...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 6/23/2011 11:23 AM | Comments (15)

How is Cloud Computing Different?

I don't think that any IT trend has gained as much press and discussion as has Cloud Computing.  Wi...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 3/7/2011 10:16 AM | Comments (10)

Cloud Project Week 6

The following are a draft of the princiles of practice.  You can make any changes, deletions, or ad...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 6/16/2011 4:08 PM | Comments (8)

Cloud ROI: Accounting for all costs

In calculating ROI, it’s important to account for allpossible costsin order to paint an accurate pi...

Eva Sweet @ 5/18/2012 10:52 AM | Comments (7)

Cloud ROI: is this possible?

Marketing documents for cloud services promise a high Return on Investment (ROI); however most cons...

Eva Sweet @ 5/7/2012 3:20 PM | Comments (6)

What is Cloud Maturity?

We see that when new technology solutions are made available that the maturity of the solution chan...

Ron Hale Ph.D. CISM @ 9/1/2011 8:38 AM | Comments (5)

Cloud Standard

Hi All,I am working with an Orgination as a Associate Manager- Information Security, as per my job ...

Yogendra Rajput @ 2/9/2012 1:24 AM | Comments (4)

Why Banks Fear the Cloud?

A lot by now have been published and discussed on Cloud Computing Risks, Threats and Vulnerabilitie...

Bassil Mohammad @ 8/28/2011 7:15 AM | Comments (4)

Cloud Contracts

Hello.Does anyone have suggestions on ‘must-haves’ when contracting with a cloud provider? Specific...

Yolanda409 @ 3/20/2012 4:04 PM | Comments (3)