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Does Microsoft Double Key Encryption Help with Schrems II?

On July 16 th , 2020 the European Court of Justice issued its decision on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield for the transfer of personal data for commercial purposes by an economic operator established in an EU Member State to another economic…

AWS – A new Vision for Hybrid IT?

Attending AWS re:Invent is always an exceptional experience and, despite it being virtual, this year was no different. As usual, there were the expected announcements of bigger better and faster services and components. AWS always shows a remarkable level of innovation with many more…

GCP Trust, Security and Compliance

In their race towards digital transformation, organizations are using cloud services to accelerate the development of new apps and improve efficiency. They allow new applications to be rapidly developed, existing applications to be modernized and deployed without additional capital spend.…

IBM Cloud for Financial Services

On July 22 nd , 2020 IBM announced their IBM Cloud for Financial Services – what is this, why have IBM taken this step, and what does this announcement mean? Financial Services Compliance Challenges One recurring challenge for all organizations is complying with the…

Cloud Security Posture Management Tools – What They Are and Why You Need One

Many security product vendors are now offering CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management) as part of their portfolio - so what is CSPM and why might you need it?  In their race towards digital transformation, organizations are using cloud services to accelerate the development of new…

Will Azure Arc Help Hybrid IT Customers to Find the Pot of Gold?

At Ignite in November 2019 Microsoft announced Azure Arc which is now in public preview. Azure Arc extends Azure Resource Manager capabilities to cover Linux and Windows servers, as well as Kubernetes clusters on any infrastructure across on-premises, and multi-cloud. In French…

Commvault Complete™ Data Protection

Business continuity planning is essential to the digital transformation process. This requires the use of data backup products and disaster recovery services which must support today’s multi-cloud hybrid IT environment. This report describes how Commvault Complete™ Data…

Cloud Access Security Brokers

The KuppingerCole Market Compass provides an overview of the product or service offerings in a certain market segment.  This Market Compass covers CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) solutions that help to secure the organizational use of cloud services.

Symantec Identity Governance and Administration

In the absence of a secure external perimeter Identity and Access Management has become fundamental to protecting corporate digital assets.  Identity Governance and Administration includes two core elements of IAM - Identity Provisioning and Access Governance - that are essential to…

Market Compass: Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery - 71176

The KuppingerCole Market Compass provides an overview of the product or service offerings in a certain market segment.  This Market Compass covers solutions that provide backup, restore and disaster recovery of IT service data into the cloud in the context of the hybrid IT service…

Executive View: Symantec Privileged Access Manager - 80331

Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions are critical cybersecurity controls that address the security risks associated with the use of privileged access in organizations and companies. This report describes how Symantec Privileged Access Management meets these challenges.

Accelerating Your Digital Transformation: Secure and Successful Cloud Migrations

The use of cloud services is one of the key enablers of digital transformation - accelerating time to value, providing more access to powerful IT resources in a more cost-effective manner and removing the management costs associated with commodity services. However, these benefits come with…

Data Security in the Cloud

Join our Analyst Mike Small and Paul Hampton, Product Manager at Thales Security as they talk about the importance of securing data in the cloud.

Information Protection in Cloud Services

Today’s economy is clearly driven by data. The most successful companies are those that can use this data to create useful information that enables them to get closer to their customers, to create new products and be more efficient. Cloud services are a key enabler in this, they allow…

Interview: Implications of Recent Court Ruling on EU-US Data Protection Umbrella Agreement

Hours ago the EU Court ruled that the Privacy Shield called EU-US Data Protection Agreement is invalid, while it considers Standard Contractual Causes to be valid. Also, intersting in this context is the US Cloud Act. This may be of some impact to existing and future transcontinental…

Mike Small: Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery Why This Is an Essential Component of Digital Transformation

All organizations need to consider the risks related to the availability of their business-critical data and take appropriate measures to mitigate these risks.  In most cases this will involve investing in backup and disaster recovery products and services.  In today’s…

Cloudentity Authorization Control Plane

IT organizations often contend with information from multi-security services located…

Oracle’s Crypto-Secure Data Management

Oracle has unveiled new interesting capabilities in the Oracle database today, which they…

How to Find the Right Strategy for Access Control Management

Emerging Technologies Fostering Digital Business Innovation: Healthcare

The healthcare landscape has experienced unprecedented pressure and change, and there is a…

KuppingerCole Analyst Chat: A First Look at Homomorphic Encryption

Alexei Balaganski covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database,…