Conference highlights importance of cloud security  Thursday,
March 22, 2012 10:52:09 PM  As more businesses and government
organizations continue to transfer critical data, applications
and infrastructure to the cloud, some IT professionals and
executives are facing several obstacles to successful cloud
implementation. Although similar impediments may have
discouraged decision makers from adopting other technologies in
the past, that cloud's ability to decrease costs and boost
productivity has become too valuable to ignore.  A recent
InformationWeek report examined three major security themes that
industry professionals discussed at the Black Hat Europe
conference, held from March 14-16 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Among the top security themes reviewed at the conference was
cloud security, specifically how it's vital for organizations to
keep concerns in perspective to realize the full benefits of the
cloud.  According to the report, businesses shouldn't avoid the
cloud simply because it contains a few pe