Easier, universal access to the cloud would help companies create a more secure IT infrastructure, provide the flexibility to mix and match the most important features and services and make auto-scalability a reality.
Asked what additional measures it's taking to guard against a similar future attack, Vlcek told us: "We are making sure the problem doesn't happen again by moving the entire Piriform product build environment to a more robust, secure infrastructure provided by Avast".
When you consider utilizing cloud computing, you should expect and demand all of the security controls that an on-premise provider can provide and even more, since the cloud provider has the opportunity to build on newer, more secure technologies and infrastructures.
Xage, the company that wants to help make infrastructure more secure using the blockchain, announced a new policy manager tool to help protect utilities and other critical infrastructure from hackers and automate regulatory compliance.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is now finally transitioning to more secure chip-and-PIN infrastructure, which will help to combat the problem at point-of-sale.
Perhaps some reading this will think it only logical that the government's computer system would be more secure in terms of cyber infrastructure, but after the massive WikiLeaks disclosure of State Department cables that cannot seriously be maintained.
The U.S. public health infrastructure is more secure than it was at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist assault and the following anthrax attacks, Herrmann said, because the federal government, in concert with lower levels of government, has funneled money into disaster readiness programs.
This can re-create our banking infrastructure, making it more secure and modern.
Mobile phones — particularly the iPhone — are often thought to be more secure than desktop computers and network infrastructure, so vulnerability research and hacking have been focused on those weaker devices.
"It's considered more secure, and it certainly has a better infrastructure for making movies," Mr. Hudson said.
