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Category: Cloud Computing

Keep an Eye on Your Amazon Cloud with OSSEC

November 15, 2013 Cloud Computing, Logs Management / SIEM, OSSEC 11 comments

The Amazon conference “re:Invent” is taking place in Las Vegas at the moment. For a while, I’m using the Amazon cloud services (EC2) mainly to run lab and research systems. Amongst the multiple announcements they already made during the conference, one of them caught my attention: “CloudTrail“. Everything has already

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ownCloud and VirusTotal Integration

October 18, 2013 Cloud Computing, Security, Software, Websites 3 comments

For a few days, I switched from DropBox to ownCloud and I’m now playing more with the available ‘apps‘. Besides the privacy context, ownCloud seduced me with its add-on feature. Is it possible to install external plug-ins (called ‘apps‘) to add new or improve native features. Of course, downloading and

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Goodbye Dropbox!

October 15, 2013 Cloud Computing, Security, Software 11 comments

There is one fact with humans: once they took some habits (in this case – bad habits), it’s very difficult to ask them change their behavior! It’s even true in information security. Today, we have access to plenty of awesome online applications which help us in our day-to-day activities. Thank

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Should Dropbox & Co be Killed?

April 25, 2011 Cloud Computing, Privacy, Software 4 comments

I’m a big fan of the Dropbox application for a while. Dropbox helps you to synchronize your files within a personal deposit located in the cloud. If you have multiple Dropbox clients configured, your files will be instantly synchronized between all your devices when they come online. I use it

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All Your Logs are Belong to the Cloud…

November 29, 2010 Cloud Computing One comment

Ever heard of Loggly? This is a new cloud service which presents itself as “Logs Made Easy“. I’ll not come back on the definition of cloud computing, its benefits and issues. If you are looking for interesting information about this topic, I suggest you to visit Craig Balding’s blog cloudsecurity.org.

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The Cloud is (Sometimes) Your Best Friend!

June 23, 2010 Cloud Computing, Security, Software One comment

Everything has been said about the “cloud”, or more precisely, “cloud computing”. Like any new technology, there are pro and con, good and bad things. BTW, the cloud is not so new. For a while, lot of organizations already used a cloud infrastructure but it remained a “private cloud”. Since

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