Cloud Security Alliance has released the first certificate for cloud computing, it is called Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK). The exam can be taken on the Internet, it is a 50 questions exam, the time limit is 60 minutes, cost is USD$295.

Few things to learn on Gawker Security Breach: 1) If you use a provider for your business, especially in today market where cloud computing is the hot topic. Examine closely what kind of security controls is implemented by the provider. Ask for SAS70 audits or ISO 270001 certificate. Take a tour at their data center, [...]

The folks at Stanford University SLAC maintains the most complete list of network monitoring applications and tools (both open source and commercial) that I can find. Spend few minutes browsing the list and you will probably find some tools you can use in your network.

International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) has created an excellent Internet connectivity troubleshooting tool, it is called Netalyzr located at http://netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/index.html. The tool uses Java, when after you ran the tool, you will be given a report that shows to an extensive list of network characteristics for your network. The information includes but not limited to [...]

Cisco has recently added a new switching feature in their Nexus NX-OS that allows network engineers to run switching network without STP, and will not face the issue of switching loop. The technology is called FabricPath Switching System (FSS). With FSS, all ports all are in forwarding mode, there will be no ports in blocking [...]