Tech:Touchstone announces its 3rd Annual Information Security Executive Summit from the 28th-29th February at the Richmond Hill Hotel. The 3rd Annual Information Security Executive Summit will cover the critical issues and considerations that Information Technology and Information Security leaders need to be mindful of when planning their IT strategy for 2012 and beyond.<< MORE >>

Symplified®, theCloud Identity Company, today announced the Winter 2011 release of its cloud identity and access management (IAM) service, a new entry-level version called Symplified ONE™ for businesses that only need to integrate with a single cloud application, and support for the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. With this release, Symplified now supports strong authentication for high-trust and sensitive applications that require more robust security than username and password logins. The Winter 2011 release offers pluggable authentication support, multiple authentication level policies, ‘step-up authentication’ and mobile strong authentication.<< MORE >>

Vordel, a provider of gateways for SOA and Cloud Computing today announced that it has formed a strategic relationship with Cigital , the world's largest consulting firm specializing in software security consulting. Together, Vordel and Cigital will deliver solutions and advice to organizations seeking to deploy business services on mobile platforms. The partnership addresses the security deficit for mobile apps, where many organizations still lack the basic security and integration skills necessary to successfully expose internal applications to mobile devices. The Vordel and Cigital alliance will enable end user organizations to implement best practice security for mobile application integration, in addition to satisfying regulatory compliance and governance policies.<< MORE >>

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, and TELUS, a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, announced today that TELUS has selected Juniper Networks® Junos® Pulse Mobile Security Suite, which delivers a comprehensive mobile device security and management offering.<< MORE >>

TITUS, a leading provider of security and compliance solutions for email and documents, today announced it has been selected by DSM for classification and protection of their corporate documents. DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, will be using TITUS Classification for Microsoft Office to provide classification at the user-level to educate, raise awareness and prevent data breaches among their employees.<< MORE >>

Vordel, a provider of fast, safe, connectivity for SOA and Cloud services, today unveiled version 6.2 of its market leading Vordel Application Gateway. With this latest version, Vordel once again raises the industry benchmark for product usability enabling the creation of simple to very complex policies to control and monitor Cloud and SOA services. Key enhancements to the policy development environment in version 6.2 offer the end-user even greater flexibility and scalability when designing and implementing policies. This benefits the organization by reducing deployment lifecycles and simplifies the on-going policy maintenance and extension process.<< MORE >>

TechTarget invites you to enroll in TechTarget’s all-new Cloud University – a unique online education program designed to target the core constituents of your organization affected by cloud computing.<< MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that the F5® BIG-IP® Edge Gateway™ solution has been recognized as part of the TechTarget® Information Security™ magazine and SearchSecurity.com™ 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards, highlighting the industry’s best security products. F5 was named a Gold Winner in the Best Secure Remote Access Products category, finishing above offerings from Juniper and SonicWALL.<< MORE >>

Dome9 Security™, the leading provider of cloud security management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 announced the general availability of its new first-of-its-kind, multi-platform security management service that automates cloud server security for both enterprises and cloud hosting providers.<< MORE >>

It’s clear that security ranks high if not the highest in the general concerns about companies migrating to the cloud. This is despite reputable research organisations like Aberdeen reporting “Web Security in the Cloud: More Secure! Compliant! Less Expensive!”<< MORE >>