IDA-NLB Public Talk Series on Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing Security - Past, Present and Future

Abstract

The mistrust and fear of placing important data into the hands of cloud service providers are some of the key barriers to cloud computing adoption. Such resistance towards cloud computing is especially experienced in industries handling sensitive data, such as healthcare, government, and banking. While cloud computing brings about several conveniences for end-users, recent high-profile data loss and outages by cloud vendors have triggered cloud service users to be more aware of the potential risks it entails. In the view of these issues, what are practitioners, researchers and academics doing to address such concerns? Are traditional security methods still relevant given the current context or are they obsolete? This talk introduces you to these issues, engages you to think about the urgent needs of the present, and explores the likely trends of cloud security into the future.

About the Speaker

Dr. Ryan K L Ko is a Researcher with the Cloud & Security Lab, HP Labs Singapore and Director of Research for the Cloud Security Alliance (Singapore Chapter). He obtained his BEng (Hons) (Computer Engineering) and PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and currently leads HP Labs' TrustCloud project, focusing on addressing trust and security issues in cloud computing. Within CSA Singapore Chapter, he is leading projects investigating issues and best practices in data protection, and contributing to the Trusted Cloud Initiative. His other professional activities include being the programme co-chair of the inaugural IEEE workshop on Trust and Security in Cloud Computing (IEEE TSCloud 2011), editor of the ACM XRDS magazine, and also as programme committee member and reviewer for several academic conferences and journals. His research interests include security and trust in Cloud Computing, big data visualisations, workflow management and service computing.

Attendance is free of charge. All is welcome.