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Cloud security market landscape, 2013–2017

By Keren Elazari

Jun. 10, 2013 - 11:55 PM PDT Jun. 10, 2013 - 11:55 PM PDT

Cyber threats are now a critical issue affecting the national security of nation countries worldwide. At the same time, the IT world is witnessing a wave of new innovation, and there are numerous business opportunities for technologies built around the emerging market sectors of mobile and cloud computing. These technologies and the companies creating with them will form the future of cloud security over the next several years. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

Cloud Trailblazers: 10 for 2013

By Edit Staff

May. 28, 2013 - 6:00 AM PDT May. 28, 2013 - 6:00 AM PDT

The story of the cloud is often told via hardware and code, but behind the shift in IT are people. We found 10 of them who are rethinking infrastructure. Meet our Cloud Trailblazers. Read more »

CloudFlare is trying to fight DDoS attacks by designing its own gear

By Derrick Harris

Apr. 12, 2013 - 1:35 PM PDT Apr. 12, 2013 - 1:35 PM PDT

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Web performance and security startup CloudFlare isn’t as big as Google or Facebook, but it does handle a lot of traffic. And now, like its larger peers, the company is designing its own gear to solve it own unique brand of problems. Read more »

Hacking Sand Hill: How the cloud will help security startups lure VCs

By Andrew Manoske, Guest Contributor

Mar. 3, 2013 - 9:00 AM PDT Mar. 3, 2013 - 9:00 AM PDT

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Online security is big business, and is only increasing as private data moves to the public cloud. So while it’s a tough market to break into, there are also great opportunities for focused startups. Read more »

CloudFlare goes down, cites router issue in DDoS attack

By Barb Darrow

Mar. 3, 2013 - 7:33 AM PDT Mar. 3, 2013 - 7:33 AM PDT

CloudFlare’s web security service suffered an hour-long outage after the company tried to respond to a DDoS attack on one of its customers. Read more »

6 ways big data is helping reinvent enterprise security

By Derrick Harris

Nov. 15, 2012 - 11:54 AM PDT Nov. 15, 2012 - 11:54 AM PDT

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What’s true in the rest of the world is true for security software, as well: more data means more intelligence. Thanks to the emergence of new techniques for storing, collecting and analyzing data, there’s a new wave of security companies looking smarter than ever. Read more »

More proof that big data, security are soulmates

By Derrick Harris

Nov. 28, 2011 - 12:29 PM PDT Nov. 28, 2011 - 12:29 PM PDT

Today, I read a press release from Sourcefire touting its “big data” approach to security and the fact that its Immunet anti-malware-for-PCs product is now monitoring 2 million endpoints. I reached out to find out what’s under Immunet’s covers and, no surprise, found Hadoop. Read more »

While hacktivism secures the web, SOPA could expose it

By Derrick Harris

Nov. 16, 2011 - 5:10 PM PDT Nov. 16, 2011 - 5:10 PM PDT

According to one expert, hacktivism gets a bad rap when it comes to web security, but those sites generate a lot of attack data to feed security systems. However, the proposed SOPA antipiracy legislation could end up playing right into hackers’ hands. Read more »

Why Silk won’t be silky smooth for Amazon

By Om Malik

Oct. 10, 2011 - 4:54 PM PDT Oct. 10, 2011 - 4:54 PM PDT

Mathew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, a hosted proxy service provider, believes Amazon will continue to face “technical, legal, and privacy concerns with Silk.” He points out that similar attempts in the past have not been very successful, even for Google. Read more »

CloudFlare gets $20M to make the web safe — and fast

By Colleen Taylor

Jul. 12, 2011 - 4:00 AM PDT Jul. 12, 2011 - 4:00 AM PDT

Web security startup CloudFlare has raised $20 million in a series B funding round. The San Francisco-based company, which has seen impressive growth since its September 2010 launch, makes a cloud-based software program that purportedly helps protect websites while also making them faster. Read more »

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