Die Hamburger Sparkasse und warum Safe Harbor nicht ausreicht

Am Wochenende berichtete die Online-Ausgabe des Spiegel über einen Datenschutz-Vorfall bei der Hamburger Sparkasse. Die HASPA, wie sie abgekürzt genannt wird, hat offensichtlich personenbezogene Daten zur Verarbeitung und/oder Speicherung an ein in den USA ansässiges Unternehmen übermittelt. Nun wird die Frage gestellt, ob dieses Vorgehen legal ist.

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Location, location, location – Storing EU Data with Safe Harbor

Location, location, location – Storing EU Data with Safe Harbor

The “Safe Harbor” program for data management gains popularity. However, in some countries the program does not meet country-specific requirements. In this article Scott Sanchez discusses how SaaS companies can still succeed.

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Spare me your cloud security diatribes | Software as Services | ZDNet.com

I’m wondering when researchers at MIT are going to turn their attentions to the security problems inherent in the size and structure of buildings and cities? It’s not widely known that, by studying architectural blueprints and familiarizing themselves with routine security processes typically followed by businesses, hackers could break into your offices and access highly
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Cloud Security & the Application Environment

The ScaleUp Cloud is the result of over a year of work by our internet4YOU team and has been made possible in concert with 3Tera®, the leading innovator of cloud computing technology. ScaleUp leverages 3tera’s AppLogic™ cloud computing platform for our solution. AppLogic is a grid operating system which enables cloud computing for running and
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The Cloud is NOT Less Secure

There is a great deal of discussion & concern about the concept of security and cloud hosting/computing. In fact, a global survey of 500 executives and IT managers, conducted by Kelton Research and sponsored by IT consultancy Avanade, indicated security concerns as a key topic for cloud adoption for mission critical data & computing. “By
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