Some things will not change no matter what generation we are in, and that is the concern for the safety of our children. Stranger danger and predators are always a major fear, whether online or off.

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Ed Moyle examines highlights of the recently released PCI SSC information supplement that offers new details on achieving PCI compliance in the cloud.

Video: Cloud Security Alliance COO John Howie discusses improvements in providers' efforts at cloud transparency, including when data crosses borders.

Whether the voices of the people on it are driving administration policy remains up for the debate. What can't be said now is that they're not paying attention to the issues raised. We, the People, should be heard. Now there are new ways to you raise your voice.

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Dictators, mired in more technologically primitive societies, didn't develop the fearsome new implements of control of the National Security State. Google and other leaders in this field of massively mined and shared information did.

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The yet-unnamed certification will seek to validate skills of cloud security pros, but it's unclear how it may complement or overlap with existing certs.

In response to growing SMB cloud security issues, the Cloud Security Alliance announced a new working group and membership level focused on SMBs.

Most of the news reports kept saying that Snapchat was all about teens sexting. But none of my friends used it for that. Photo Credit: Ike Sriskanda...

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We are living in an era where Facebook's Graph Search gives strangers greater access than ever to our "private" data and Google arbitrarily steals our passwords and emails. Did our forefathers misunderstand the demand for privacy as an inalienable right for law-abiding citizens in democracy?

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Just before Tax Day, a Freedom of Information Act request by the ACLU revealed that the Internal Revenue Service claimed the authority to read emails, instant messages, and text messages -- all without a warrant.

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What you post/text/Tweet matters. You should assume what you do in public is going to be recorded. Educate your kids on these consequences...some of which may be life-changing, in addition to embarrassing or even illegal.

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Parents need a cursory understanding of the complex, virtual world in which we live in order to provide guidance. Don't let a stranger educate your child the hard way about such technologies.

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Gartner forecasts that security services in the cloud will soon account for 10% of the enterprise IT security market, largely driven by compliance.