Funny Thoughts To Ponder

Software [In]security: Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Security

Here are some key points to ponder when it comes to adoption of cloud services and their impact on security in your organization.

For the most part, good-sized enterprises have developed efficient and mostly effective network security operations by now.  Security operations organizations in these enterprises generally report to the CSO.  They have been tweaked and tuned for years.  Some aspects of security are outsourced (monitoring, for example, or maybe threat intelligence gathering), others are run in house.  The security operations machine is well-oiled and efficient.  Of course there is no such thing as perfect security, but in large enterprises, network security is in far better shape than it was a decade ago.

This implies that a majority of security problems on the Internet these days are not being exacerbated by the security operations of large enterprises.  And in fact, the machines being compromised in droves are owned by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and consumers.  Ever wonder who owns those millions of rooted machines that are regularly put together into gigantic botnets by cyber criminals?  The most likely answer is your relatives and your favorite local businesses.

Cloud security can help.  The more consumers and SMBs move their computing to the cloud, the better off we'll all be.  That's because the operations people behind major cloud providers do a better job with network security than most SMBs do (not to menton grandma).  By adopting cloud services, SMBs and consumers can instantly and automaticaly improve their network security posture (accererating from their current likely-to-be-busted state to patching unpatched systems, using modern equipment, and monitoring for security intrusion).  So far, so good.

The funny thing about cloud security is that it is easier to understand than you might think at first—it aligns pretty well with how we're doing with security in non-cloud situations.  We're pretty good at securing physical machines in a data center.  To get concrete, consider the huge disk farms in common use in large corporations.  We know (for the most part) how to secure disk farms in a datacenter, and the "disk farm in the cloud" version is likewise in reasonable shape from a security perspective.

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Jon Stewart, you ask?

(It’s because a friend sent me this . . .She didn’t have the author’s name so can’t give him credit but I wanted to share it, because the content is priceless.)

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woke up last night to the sound of laughing and realized I’d fallen asleep with the TV on. It was 3 AM and I knew it was Jon Stewart but I had to fumble around for my glasses to see who his guest was. Unbelievable!

It was Jesus, in his robe and all. His nose was bigger than I thought, his skin a lot darker,but his eyes were more piercing than I’d ever imagined. It was like light came out instead of going into them.

Jon was making some joke about both of them being Jews and Jesus, after laughing harder than I thought he would, said quite seriously to Jon, “Yeah,that’s one of the weirdest things, isn’t it? How could they forget that?”

Jon was all over him with questions from the daily news. What was his take onthe whole Mosque/Ground Zero fiasco? Jesus said he’d seen some news casts on the story and couldn’t believe the drama and fear it was bringing up.

“They want to build a public building for prayer, education and community gathering. That’s a good thing. A better thing perhaps, would be the construction of an interfaith building, There’s room for everyone, and it’s these distinctions between religions that’s causing all the problems in the first place.”

Jon looked incredulous. “An interfaith building??”

“Yes, a multi-tasking mosque, with a synagogue, chapel and meditation hall in it. A building where people of different faiths come together to make a better world together. That’s the point of religion right? It’s not about doctrine. It’s a plan for action, an opportunity to be a bigger force for good. Religion is just the map. Faith is the real adventure.”

“I don’t know….” said Stewart, making one of those funny mouth movements he does after hearing a strange idea.

Jesus pipes in, “What could be better in that spot than a building that represents, by its very structure, a coming together, a new vision that goes beyond religious borders? It’s like taking a good idea and making it great. The real prophets of the day know this. Where are their voices? Why aren’t you interviewing them?

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