Cloud computing and compliance: Be careful up there

Ensuring regulatory compliance will not be easy in the cloud Compliance Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Infoblox Take Control of Network TCO by Automating IPAM Growing networks are in a vicious circle of rising costs, increasing downtime, and rising staff stress. Join Enterprise Strategy Group's Jon Oltsik, for this information-packed webinar on how enterprises can reduce stress and operational expenses by automating IPAM, listen today. Spotlight Story Cloud computing and compliance: Be careful up there By Lamont Wood Using the cloud for data processing and storage may have its advantages in terms of simplicity and cost, but ensuring regulatory compliance will not be nearly so simple. Read full story Related News: IETF standards for NAC in the final stages Internet Engineering Task Force standards for NAC are in their final stages, according to IETF postings. 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