Social Network Attacks… A Warning For The Cloud?

By Guy Bunker | August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment 

Guy Bunker

A couple of the largest social network sites have recently suffered from denial of service attacks. In one case, the website was taken down for a couple of hours and in the other, there was a reduced service.

OK, so this was social networking… who cares? Well, you should… especially if you are looking at cloud based services for your business. In the good old days, the cyber attackers could take out one site, and (in general) one business with it… but as more and more customers look to the cloud, the cloud service provider becomes a more and more attractive target for the cyber-criminal.

What can you do? Well, before entrusting your data and applications to a cloud service provider, ask them what they would do if they suffered from a denial of service attack… and if they brush it off with a ‘it won’t happen to us’, then look for a new provider.

Guy Bunker

The Power Of The Internet – BIG

By Guy Bunker | July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment 

Guy Bunker

You have to love the Internet, there is so much to find out (just look at the latest Cuil search engine statistics… 120+ billion pages!) but it is also possible to launch an attack against a country from your arm chair. There was a new attack this week against the Georgia president and it’s not so dissimilar to the infamous incident launched against Estonia in 2007. The scary thing is that it can still happen – and with relative ease. If the Internet is going to continue to flourish then further steps need to be taken at all points in the network to make it a safer place to do business. It’s ours to lose…