Whitepaper: Assessing Cloud Node Security

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Context Information Security have released a whitepaper on Assessing Cloud Node Security.

Synopsis:
Some major Cloud providers currently expose their clients’ data to the risk of compromise as a result of serious flaws 
in the implementation of their technologies. This is the key finding of a major new survey of the security of Cloud 
nodes completed by Context Information Security.

The growing trend in migrating systems to use Cloud infrastructure to take advantage of the cost savings and 
flexibility that this form of IT provision can offer has caused concern within the security community, because this 
virtual and dynamic environment creates a new threat landscape.

This whitepaper is the result of research undertaken by Context into the technical risks associated with Cloud 
computing infrastructure nodes. Context rented a range of Cloud nodes currently offered by the major providers and 
performed a review of their security, including the limitations imposed by providers on the types of technical security 
testing allowed to be performed.

The methodology, results, challenges and recommended mitigations are detailed in this whitepaper, which sets out best 
practices for securing Cloud nodes as an end user and will help end users to assess and reduce any associated risk to 
their systems. Information about the general security issues discovered in actual Cloud nodes has also been fed back to 
the providers to enable them to resolve these issues. 

Read the whitepaper in full at:
http://www.contextis.co.uk/resources/white-papers/assessing-cloud-node-security/
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