According to Gartner, cloud spending will reach $597.3 billion by the end of 2023. Whether it’s infrastructure as a service (IaaS), a software as a service cloud application (SaaS), or some other use for the cloud, organizations are finally adopting cloud use models that help increase scalability, reliability, and speed, while reducing overhead costs.
Over the past several years, an increasingly fluid work environment has followed trends of modern globalization in the workplace. Leveraging cloud solutions, many companies have let go of historical limitations imposed by on-premises and local solutions. The truth is, cloud outsourcing can be a game changer, as it provides organizations with more cost effective and management friendly software, infrastructure, and computing power than would otherwise be possible.
September 7, 2023 Author: Anonymous Hacker, as told to Lindsey Watts Preface: Thus far in our series, we’ve looked at what DarkNet types exist in addition to the dark web, communication methodologies on DarkNets, social-ethical questions raised by anonymous, and unregulated and un-censored communication platforms. Your interest might be piqued at this point but if not hold onto your seat because it’s about to be.
August 31, 2023 By Isac Hur, Senior FedRAMP/ StateRAMP/ CMMC Practice Lead and Quality Assurance As a compliance auditor and practitioner in the FedRAMP space, I see a lot of mistakes cloud service providers (CSPs) make that cause them a tremendous amount of grief when seeking authorization. The process is painful enough on its own, but many of the people you hear venting frustration have made missteps.
Without international laws in every country that are designed to protect individual data privacy as vehemently as does the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many have turned to DarkNets and cryptocurrencies for their privacy protections – especially in the U.S. Is it surprising that the Washington Post, for example, has a dark web presence?
Cloud-based applications and services are booming in 2023, in both the public and private sector. One of the largest and most sought-after clients for any tech company is the U.S. government. In fact, the federal government is investing billions of dollars annually in transitioning IT resources away from on-premises to secure and cost-effective commercial cloud services such as IaaS (infrastructure as a service), PaaS (platform as a service), and SaaS (software as a service).
