The Real Meaning of Cloud Security Revealed

Hint: It doesn’t actually have much to do with technology or products In case you hadn’t heard, a startup called Panda Security has introduced a cloud-based anti-virus offering. This set off a rift of articles and blogs discussing the solution itself and what it means and some who questioned whether ‘anti-virus’ even meant ‘security’ in the first place. But I’m not interested in that discussion except to say that folks need to be more careful about distinguish “cloud security” from “cloud-based security”. The former is about securing the cloud and its infrastructure, the latter about services hosted...