Collaboration with cloud computing : security, social media, and unified communications

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Collaboration with Cloud Computing discusses the risks associated with implementing these technologies across the enterprise and provides you with expert guidance on how to manage risk through policy changes and technical solutions.

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and case studies, author Ric Messier discusses:

The evolving nature of information security The risks, rewards, and security considerations when implementing SaaS, cloud computing and VoIP Social media and security risks in the enterprise The risks and rewards of allowing remote connectivity and accessibility to the enterprise network

Author Notes

Ric Messier (CEH, GSEC, CISSP) has decades of IT experience in security and network, runs a small security consulting company, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Brandeis University and Champlain College.

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Chapter 1 The Evolving Nature of Information Security	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
History of the Internet	p. 2
Significant Security events	p. 2
Evolution of services	p. 5
Today's risks (in a Nutshell)	p. 8
Collaboration	p. 12
Conclusion	p. 13
Summary	p. 13
Chapter 2 Cloud Computing	p. 15
OIntroduction	p. 15
The protocols that made it possible	p. 16
XTTP and HTML	p. 17
XML	p. 18
RESTful services	p. 19
The cloud	p. 21
Infrastructure as a service	p. 24
Platform as a service	p. 25
Software as a service	p. 27
Storage	p. 28
Unified communication as a service	p. 28
Public, private, or hybrid	p. 29
Conclusion	p. 30
Summay	p. 32
Chapter 3 Software as a Service	p. 33
Introduction	p. 33
Contact lists	p. 34
Documents on the go	p. 41
Real-time editing	p. 46
Geo-diverse teams	p. 47
Agendas	p. 47
Document sharing	p. 48
Advantages	p. 48
Security considerations	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 54
Summary	p. 55
Chapter 4 Storage in the Cloud	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
Uses of cloud storage	p. 58
Collaboration	p. 58
Large file transfer	p. 59
Backups	p. 60
Synchronization	p. 60
Security	p. 61
Privacy concerns	p. 61
Data retention	p. 61
Data destruction	p. 68
Infrastructure	p. 68
Protecting yourself	p. 68
Encryption	p. 70
Data loss prevention	p. 72
Conclsion	p. 73
Summary	p. 73
Further reading	p. 75
Chapter 5 Virtual Servers and Platform as a Service	p. 77
Introduction	p. 77
History of virtualization	p. 78
How virtualization works	p. 81
Hypervisors	p. 82
Snapshots	p. 83
Platform as a serive	p. 84
Advantage of PaaS	p. 86
Building a business	p. 88
Security considerations	p. 89
Conclsuion	p. 90
Summary	p. 91
Chapter 6 Social Media	p. 93
Introduction	p. 93
History and impact of social networking	p. 94
Social networking sites	p. 97
Friendster	p. 98
My Space	p. 99
Facebook	p. 99
Twitter	p. 103
Google+	p. 107
Crowdsourcing	p. 107
Gamification	p. 109
Human resources	p. 110
Security considerations	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 112
Summary	p. 113
Further reading	p. 113
Chapter 7 Mobile Computing	p. 115
Introduction	p. 115
Smartphones	p. 116
Apps	p. 119
Jailbreaking	p. 122
Providing mobile access	p. 124
Physical security	p. 125
Bring your own device	p. 129
Boundaries	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 132
Summary	p. 133
Further reading	p. 133
Chapter 8 Unified Communications	p. 135
Introduction	p. 135
Signaling	p. 137
H.323	p. 139
Session initiation protocol	p. 144
Network address translation	p. 148
Unified communications	p. 149
VoIP in the cloud	p. 150
Security considerations	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 153
Summary	p. 154
Chapter 9 Remote Workers	p. 155
Introduction	p. 155
Remote workers	p. 156
Pros and of telecommuting	p. 159
Management concerns and productivity	p. 159
Antisocial behaviors	p. 160
Cost savings	p. 161
Communication challenges	p. 162
Human resources and remote hires	p. 163
Asynchronous versus synchronous	p. 164
Security consideration	p. 165
Conclusion	p. 167
Summary	p. 167
Further reading	p. 167
Chpater 10 Risk Management and Policy Considerations	p. 169
Introduction	p. 169
Risk management	p. 170
Quantitative analysis	p. 173
Return on investment	p. 175
Social return on investment	p. 176
Cost-benefit analysis	p. 177
Qualitative assessment	p. 178
Security policies	p. 179
Legal and regulatory requirements	p. 181
Controls	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 182
Summary	p. 183
Further reading	p. 184
Chapter 11 Future Technology	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
Pushing into the cloud	p. 185
Ubiquitous broadband	p. 187
Wearable computing	p. 189
Interfaces	p. 193
HTML5	p. 194
Consumers as producers	p. 196
Conclusion	p. 197
Summary	p. 198
Further reading	p. 198
Chapter 12 Pulling It All Together	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
Background	p. 200
Requirements	p. 201
Messaging	p. 202
Telephony	p. 208
Storage	p. 210
Human resources	p. 212
Project management	p. 213
Source control	p. 214
Customer relations	p. 215
Conclusion	p. 215
Summary	p. 216
Index	p. 217

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