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Cloud computing has all the hallmarks of becoming a prevalent and valuable innovation that IT professionals should use to their advantage. A number of leading authorities have been urging caution on the adoption of web-based services as a new wave of vendors unveil cloud initiatives. Cloud computing and security - what are the issues? Information at the moment is sketchy to say the least. In the lead up to next month’s conference, Gartner’s local security analyst reveals data security and cloud computing will be hot topics at this year’s Security Summit. Key management and cross-application encryption will be the next big thing, according to new research by the Ponemon Institute commissioned by PGP Corporation.

VeriSign today announced strong growth for its VIP identity protection service, including the imminent launch of DocLocker, an online document storage system. Storage firm EMC has joined the Daoli Trusted Infrastructure Project which conducts research into "trust and assurance" in cloud computing environments.. The software vendor has unveiled its new approach to internet security, which means transferring the workload off individual PCs and into the internet. The economic downturn could give the software as a service (SaaS) model an edge over traditional security software provision, Webroot believes. The cloud will become dangerous, good sites will be used to hide bad data, and rich internet applications will turn on their users. These are some of the predictions from Websense Security Labs, which has compiled a security forecast for 2009. Anti malware vendor Kaspersky Lab moved into the hosted services arena for the first time today with the launch of Kaspersky Hosted Email Security AS (Anti-Spam) and Hosted Email Security AV. Security professionals weigh in on concerns of the next version of Microsoft Office, which will include components available in the cloud. The man at the helm of PGP Corporation talks to Paul Fisher about key choreography, strategy and saving Bletchley Park The amount of malware being punted around the internet is growing at an exponential rate, and traditional locally-based protection applications will soon buckle under the strain, web security firm F-Secure has warned. The recent rash of high profile security breaches, data loss incidents and associated fraud highlights the fact that the security industry is failing to meet the threats. Strong authentication has improved dramatically since its earliest days. And now more than ever, that comes as good news for consumers. New surveys and reports discuss trends for 2009 and conclude that attacks will escalate in number and variety, outsourcing will represent the biggest threat, and attacks on databases will continue. Even faced with tough budget times, there is still an opportunity, says one CISO. New technology offers greater control over traffic by identifying users and
applications. Security vendors are turning to web-based services in an attempt to 'keep up with the bad guys'.