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Achieving compliance in the cloud – CSO Online

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More and more organizations are moving towards cloud technologies for scalability, cost reduction, and new service offerings. In this short article we will review cloud basics and look at auditing for compliance challenges in the cloud.

Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models.- The NIST 800-145 Definition of Cloud Computing

Lets review the deployment models:

Public Cloud- Cloud computing services from vendors that can be accessed across the internet or a private network, using systems in one or more data centers, shared among multiple customers, with varying degrees of data privacy control.

Private Cloud - Computing architectures modeled after Public Clouds, yet built, managed, and used internally by an enterprise; uses a shared services model with variable usage of a common pool of virtualized computing resources. Data is controlled within the enterprise.

Hybrid Cloud - A mix of vendor cloud services, internal cloud computing architectures, and classic IT infrastructure, forming a hybrid model that uses the best-of-breed technologies to meet specific needs.

Community Cloud - The cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations and supports a specific community that has shared concerns (for example, mission, objectives, security requirements, policy, and compliance considerations). It may be managed by the organizations or a third party, and may exist on-premise or off-premise.

Service Delivery Models:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Delivers computer infrastructure, typically a platform virtualization environment as a service. Service is typically billed on a utility computing basis and amount of resources consumed.

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Delivers a computing platform as a service. It facilitates deployment of applications while limiting or reducing the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers.

Software as a Service (SaaS) - Delivers software as a service over the internet, avoiding the need to install and run the application on the customer's own computers and simplifying maintenance and support.

So now that we have reviewed the basics of deployment and service delivery, what does it all mean to be compliant in the cloud vs compliance on a traditional perimeter based corporate network? We also have to consider the business sector or compliance model and sometimes this is mixed. For example in healthcare its HIPAA compliance we are trying to achieve, In the credit card retail environment it's PCI DSS and in government it's FISMA or the NIST Cyber Security framework we must achieve. Of course healthcare uses credit cards to create a mixed compliance.

It's important to know where the responsibility is when working in the cloud. As we move from IaaS to PaaS and finally to SaaS, we see that the cloud vendor is responsible for more. For example in SaaS they are delivering it all. In IaaS they deliver the least so the rest is all your responsibility. The more they provide the more you lose control.

Some real challenges in working with a cloud environment are understanding the scope of the cloud environment, Can your current risk assessment work in the cloud? Audit trails in the cloud?

The key is to go with a risk-based approach and know that cloud-based risk is different. For example, the concept of a perimeter in a multi-tenant environment doesnt make sense anymore. Some examples: in service delivery risk, we must evaluate virtualization risk, SaaS risk, PaaS, and IaaS risk.

Then we need to look at deployment risk, business model risk and security risk just to name a few.

What we really need now is a map, this is getting too confusing right? Deloittes Cloud Computing Risk Intelligence Map is very helpful.

Take a look at data management in the cloud risk map. Notice that for data usage we have a lack of clear ownership of cloud generated data, and unauthorized access or inappropriate use of sensitive data, personal data or intellectual property. These are real-world issues with cloud computing because you dont have full control especially if you are in an SaaS environment. At the same time you must be able to apply the deployment and service delivery models to your actual compliance framework as in HIPAA, PCI DSS and FISMA for example.

SOC 1 is for service organizations assessments that impact financials, therefore let's look at SOC 2 and 3. SOC 2 is geared towards technology companies and allows the incorporation of other frameworks into the SOC 2 report. SOC 2 assessment consists of the Trust Service Principles (TSP) framework from American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) for evaluating a service organization's internal controls against the prescribed set of Common Criteria found in the TSPs.

SOC 2 assessments cover a wide range of controls such as operational, technical and information security controls. SOC 3 SysTrust/WebTrust also known as Trust Services, which are broad based and also from (AICPA). We are really talking about e-commerce compliance here! So SOC 3 covers e-commerce web servers and the systems that interconnect and support e-commerce business platforms.

Trust Services are a set of professional attestation and advisory services based on a core set of principles and criteria that address the risks and opportunities of IT-enabled systems and privacy programs. The following principles and related criteria are used by practitioners in the performance of Trust Services engagements:

In cloud environments, multiple partys data and services can exist on a single physical platform running virtual services for its customers. This creates several problems for security, compliance and audit, including:

Limited ability to control data and applications

Limited knowledge and no visibility into the degree of segmentation and security controls between those collocated virtual resources

Audit and control of data in the public cloud with no visibility into the providers systems and controls even in a private cloud that is privately managed, multi-tenancy is enacted at many layers, including storage, application, database, operating platform and hypervisor-based infrastructure. In other words, shared hosts, data centers and networks can potentially exist between the same and different organizations or internal business units. As such, it is critical that network segmentation is created securely with the ability to monitor any anomalies that may occur across virtual network boundaries.

The auditee in this case the cloud provider or consumer is required to produce compliance reports to prove that their security measures are protecting their assets from being compromised. Several open source and commercial tools, including security information and event management (SIEM) and GRC tools, that enable generation of compliance reports on a periodic and/or on-demand basis, exist in the market.

In cloud environments its important to know what is different in an onsite local computing environment vs cloud service providers. Who has responsibility and to capture this in an service-level agreement and system security plan. Nothing can be assumed. The fact that you are sharing a cloud environment to provide growth and on demand scalability means we must realize the issues related to sharing.

Just like renting a room out in your house changes your security, and privacy so too does sharing cloud computing resources. The NIST and Cloud Security Alliance Standards are mandatory to manage the ever changing and complex cloud environment. In both local and cloud environments we are managing risk and in the cloud its more complex, shared and dynamic.

For further reading on cloud virtual machine issues I recommend a paper titled TenantGuard: Scalable Runtime Verification of Cloud Wide VM level network isolation.

NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-144, SP 800-30, Deloitte cloud computing risk intelligence map, ZCloud, Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix, ISACA Cloud computing Audit program, FedRamp Federal Risk and Authorization management Program.

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Quantum Computers Sound Great, But Who’s Going to Program Them? – TrendinTech

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While everyones in a rush to get to the end of the quantum computer race, has anyone really given a moment thought as to who will actually program these machines? The idea of achieving quantum supremacy came after Google unveiled its new quantum chip design and is all about creating a device that can perform calculation impossible for a conventional computer to carry out.

Quantum computers should have no trouble in outperforming conventional computers as they work on the basis of qubits. Unlike bits that run conventional computers and either a 0 or a 1, qubits can be both at the same time. This is a phenomenon known as superposition. But in order to demonstrate that thousands of qubits would be needed, and right now, thats just not possible. So instead of Google is planning to compare the computers ability to simulate the behavior of a random arrangement of quantum circuits and estimate it will take around 50 qubits to outdo the most powerful of computers.

IBM is getting ready to release the worlds first commercial universe quantum computing service later this year that will give users the chance to connect to one of its quantum computers via the cloud for a fee. But, there are still many hurdles to overcome before this technology becomes mainstream. One of these problems is that programming a quantum computer is much harder than programming a conventional computer. So, whos going to program them?

There are a number of quantum simulators available now that will help users get familiar with quantum computing, but its not the real thing and is likely to behave very differently. MIT physicist, Isaac Chuang, said, The real challenge is whether you can make your algorithm work on real hardware that has imperfections. It will take time for any computer programmer to learn the skills needed for quantum computing, but until the systems have been developed, what will they learn on?

This is one of the reasons for the push in making quantum devices more accessible. D-wave made available their Qbsoly and Qmasm tools earlier this year in an attempt to get more people into the realms of quantum computing. If the tools are available, more people will be tempted to have a go and budding quantum computer scientists will be born. And as Googles researchers wrote in a statement, If early quantum-computing devices can offer even a modest increase in computing speed or power, early adopters will reap the rewards.

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D-Wave Closes $50M Facility to Fund Next Generation of Quantum Computers – Marketwired (press release)

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BURNABY, BC--(Marketwired - May 16, 2017) - D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems and software, today announced that it has received new capital in the form of convertible notes from the Public Sector Pension Investment Board ("PSP Investments"). PSP Investments funded US$30 million at closing, with an additional US$20 million available at D-Wave's option upon the achievement of certain milestones. This facility brings D-Wave's total funding to approximately US$200 million. The new capital is expected to enable D-Wave to deploy its next-generation quantum computing system with more densely-connected qubits, as well as platforms and products for machine learning applications.

"This commitment from PSP Investments is a strong validation of D-Wave's leadership in quantum computing," said Vern Brownell, CEO of D-Wave. "While other organizations are researching quantum computing and building small prototypes in the lab, the support of our customers and investors enables us to deliver quantum computing technology for real-world applications today. In fact, we've already demonstrated practical uses of quantum computing with innovative companies like Volkswagen. This new investment provides a solid base as we build the next generation of our technology."

This latest funding comes on the heels of significant momentum for D-Wave. Milestones achieved so far in 2017 include:

About D-Wave Systems Inc. D-Wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems and software, and the world's only commercial supplier of quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing for the world. We believe that quantum computing will enable solutions to the most challenging national defense, scientific, technical, and commercial problems. D-Wave's systems are being used by some of the world's most advanced organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Google, NASA Ames, USRA, USC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Temporal Defense Systems. With headquarters near Vancouver, Canada, D-Wave's U.S. operations are based in Palo Alto, CA and Hanover, MD. D-Wave has a blue-chip investor base including PSP Investments, Goldman Sachs, Bezos Expeditions, DFJ, In-Q-Tel, BDC Capital, Growthworks, 180 Degree Capital Corp., International Investment and Underwriting, and Kensington Partners Limited. For more information, visit: http://www.dwavesys.com.

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UBC researchers propose answer to fundamental space problem – CBC.ca

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Physicists have been trying to unite the discipline's dominant theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity into a grand unifying theory for years and a group of University of British Columbia researchers think they might finally have made some progress towards a solution.

The theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity are the two best ways we have to describe how the universe works.

Quantum mechanics is a branch of physicsthat examines the natural world at the sub-atomic level.

Einstein's theory of general relativity explains phenomena on a grander scale like black holesor how light travels through a galaxy.

While each theory works well to describe phenomena in its respective area, they are mutually incompatible, according to JaymieMatthews, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of British Columbia..

Even famed Cambridge University mathematics professor Stephen W. Hawking switches between the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity, Matthews says. (Kimberly White/Reuters)

"General relativity has passed every test that has been put to it. Quantum mechanics as a theory has passed every test that has been applied to it," explained Matthews.

"But if you try to take general relativity to the tiniest scales, it kind of breaks down, and if you take quantum mechanics to the largest scale, it breaks down."

The solution has been to use the theories in their respective areas and kind of avoid the "elephant in the universe" incompatibility issue.

"That profound disagreement between general relativity and quantum mechanics disturbs people."

A new paper by three UBC scientists attempts to reconcile these two theories by addressing the problem of our expanding universe.

Astronomers say theuniverse is constantly expanding at an ever-increasing rate which suggests something, which scientists refer to as dark energy,is pushing it out.

When physicists apply quantum mechanics to this problem, they theorize the energyin questionmust be incredibly dense.

But the theory of relativity says energy with this much density would have a strong gravitational effect which some scientists maintain would cause the universe to explode, which, of course, hasn't happened.

In their paper, UBC PhD students Qingdi Wang and Zhen Zhu, along with physics and astronomy professor Bill Unruh, have devised a formula where they say the value of this forceis fluctuating wildly between positive and negative values and the net result is almost zero.

This accounts for both the zero density and the ever-increasing expansion.

The paper says we can't feel the movement because it is very, very small.

"This happens at very tiny scales, billions and billions times smaller even than an electron," described Wang in a news release.

The research is important because if it is well-received, it could put us closer to a uniform theory of everything.

"If quantum mechanics and general relativity can agree with one another, there is no disturbing cosmological elephant in the universe. That would remove one of the most frustrating things," Matthews said.

Listen to the interview withJaymie Matthews on CBC's The Early Edition:

"We like to think we live in an elegant universe," he added. "This would be one step closer to a grand unified theory in which you could describe the universe on a piece of paper."

The research paper was published in Physical Review D last week.

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Can Donald Trump Be Trusted With State Secrets? – New York Times

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Donald Trump Is a Stress Test for Democracy and We Are Failing – Slate Magazine

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President Donald Trump looks on after signing a memorandum in the Oval Office on April 27.

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Donald Trump began the 115th day of his presidency embroiled in yet another scandal of incredible scope and consequence, the second such occurrence in as many weeks. On Monday, the Washington Post broke incredible news: During a closed-door meeting with two Russian officialsForeign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyakthe president revealed highly classified information regarding operations against the Islamic State. According to the Post, the information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that this ally was Israel, actualizing fears from Israeli officials, who previously worried that a President Trump would leak intelligence to Russia, which might then find its way to Iran.

Jamelle Bouie isSlates chief political correspondent.

As Trump, his staff, and his allies have asserted in the wake of this revelation, its within his rights as president to unilaterally declassify intelligence. Theres no question the president has the right to share this information, just as he had the right to fire now-former FBI director James Comey. He even has the right to tweet details of major operations or unmask covert operatives. In that regard, when the president does it, it isnt illegal. But this isnt a question of legality or authority; its a question of norms and protocol, of temperament and discretion, of actions that may constitute an abnegation of duty that could equate to high crimes and misdemeanors.

On that score, Trumps loose lips are like his impulsive action against Comey: evidence that, on the most fundamental level, he is not fit for high office. Indeed, hes never been fit for high office. And as we debate the means to hold him accountable for this latest action, its worth tackling a different question: How can we prevent another Trump in the future?

By all accounts, President Trump didnt reveal this information as an official action with the Russian government. He did so as a casual boast, a way to win affirmation and praise, like a child eager to please a teacher. In his meeting with Lavrov, Trump seemed to be boasting about his inside knowledge of the looming threat, reports the Post. I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day, the president said, according to an official with knowledge of the exchange.

Its not shocking that Donald Trumpa reality television star and poster boy for crude excessis manifestly unsuited for an office that even at its least challenging, requires unusual patience and ability. That much was apparent throughout the presidential contest, from the moment he announced his campaign to his eventual triumph in the general election. What is shocking is how little the Republican Party seems interested in reining this in. Despite the weight of Trumps transgressiona dangerous contempt for discretion, on the heels of an authoritarian push against the independence of federal law enforcementGOP lawmakers are largely silent, frustrated with the drama but unwilling to challenge the presidents grossly abusive behavior.

Here, its worth a point about the office of the presidency itself. We talk now of the imperial presidency and the dangers within, but American fear of presidential powerthat wariness toward and suspicion of the chief executivefar predates the national security state and its vast bureaucracy. In his essays defending the office of the president, Alexander Hamilton frequently battled with the idea that the constitutional convention was crafting some vehicle for Asiatic despotism. In Federalist 67, for instance, he assured readers that the authority of the presidenta magistrate, in his wordsare little different in conceptin few instances greater, in some instances lessfrom those of the governor of New York.

But Hamiltons defense of the presidency wasnt just about the formal powers of the office and their necessity. He was also confident in the means used to select a president. The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications, he wrote in Federalist 68. The presidential election was, itself, a safeguard: The judgment of the electorsand by extension the judgment of the people who chose themwould ensure a president who exercised the powers of his office with virtue and restraint.

Our modern system for choosing presidents is extra-constitutional, neither proscribed nor precluded, but it relies on that same basic idea that the election processand all that it entailswill ensure the selection of someone with the requisite qualifications.

With Trump, it failed. And that failurelike the present failure to hold the president accountable for his actionsbelongs primarily to the GOP, which offered Trump as a choice to the nation at large. At every turn during the presidential primary, Republican lawmakers and elites sought to accommodate or pacify Trump, giving him the legitimacy he craved. Outlets like Fox News boosted Trump as much as possible, and his competitors saw him as a wild card to use, not a legitimate threat for the nomination. After he captured the prize, those leaders and lawmakers acquiesced and endorsed, sending a key signal to Republican voters; that Trump was mainstream, that Trump was safe, that Trump could be president. By the time he reached the general election, Trump was just another nominee; a major-party candidate who, by the law of averages, had a chance to win the White House. The same dysfunction and myopia that led Republicans to stick by a nominee who all but confessed sexual assault has led them to a similar place with a president who divulges sensitive information on a whim.

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All of this implies an answer to our question. You prevent a second Trumpthe election of an unstable demagogue to the most powerful office in the worldby fixing the Republican Party, its processes, its procedures, and its culture. But thats far easier said than done. The GOPs embrace of Donald Trump is the natural endpoint of a movement politics that holds ideology as inviolable dogma, that conflates the interests of the nation with that of the party, and that treats opponents as illegitimate. Its a kind of politics that tolerates profound damage to our institutions and our security to pursue narrow ideological goals like tax cuts; that puts the world in danger rather than break partisan unity.

I wrote last week that theres little Trump could dooutside of rejecting tax cuts or nominating a pro-choice judgethat would split him from the party he represents. Even with Vice President Mike Pence as a replacement, a turn against Trump would cripple the Republican agenda and potentially the party itself. The Republican Party is committed to achieving both power and its ideological goals at all costs, and this commitment is a stress test for our democracy. While we already know our institutions cant prevent a Trump from taking office, this is a test of resilience: Can they stop the worst and repair the damage? As we witness another week of scandalanother attack on our norms and standardsits hard to say that we will pass that test.

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Jason Sattler, Opinion columnist Published 3:22 p.m. ET May 16, 2017 | Updated 5 hours ago

A bombshell report by the Washington Post cites government officials who reportedly say the President discussed classified information with Russians. USA TODAY

President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan , Washington, March 1, 2017.(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)

If you arent wondering whats going on between President Trump and Russia, maybe you arent paying attention. Maybe youre a Republican member of Congress. Or maybe theres nothing to wonder about, because we've seen it all on TV.

We have already watched Trump tell NBC Newshe was thinking about the FBI's Russia investigationwhen he fired FBI James Comey. We've seen him beg Vladimir Putin'sgovernment to hack Hillary Clinton's emails jokingly. We saw him repeatedly embracewhat former FBI Special Agent Clint Watts called Russian active measures at televised rallies. Now he confirms that yes, he did indeed sharesensitive intelligence information with Russian officials in the Oval Office.

Despite his peacocks strut of Russian connections, Trump still seems desperate to squelch the investigations into his campaign.And he just may do it, because he currently has something PresidentNixon never did immunity by congressional majority.

Five months into the Trump presidency, the swamp is still bubbling over. But weve already drained our strategic reserve of Watergate analogies.

In this history replayed as farce, 18 missing minutes of recordings becomes 18 days of the president knowing his national security adviser might be compromised by the Russians before firing him, a Saturday Night Massacre moves to Tuesday (where it presumably got better TV ratings) and the madman in Oval Office brags about having secret tapes on Twitter instead of hiding them.

Of course, there are still profound differences between Nixons follies and Trumpspotentially far worsefoibles.

For instance, Watergate was about a third-rate burglary of little practical consequence in one of the biggest landslides in American history. And our current catastrophe involves foreign meddling with possible collusion by the campaign of the current commander in chief in one of the closest elections ever, swung by about 60,000 votes in just three states.

And don't forget the hugest difference between Watergate and now:Nixon faced a Democratic Congress. Even so,the whole calamity tookforeverto ripen. More than two years passed from the burglary at the Watergate hotel on June 17, 1972 to Nixons resignation on Aug.9, 1974.

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How the White House Russia secrets endanger Donald Trump

You could argue that Russiagate is moving faster than the greatest scandal in presidential history. Consider what happened in just a three-day period last week. First Trump fired Comey. Then he met with the Russian ambassador and foreign minister in the Oval Office and not only let in a Russian photographer while keeping out the U.S. press, he gave his gueststhat highly classified information.

Trump capped it off by turningMay 11, 2017into a date thatcould go down in American history as the newJune 23, 1972, the day Nixon insisted CIA officials tell the FBI to kill the Watergate investigation.

On that day, NBC broadcast an interview in which Trumpdirectly contradicted his administrations reasoning for firing Comey. He said he "decided to just do it" regardless of a recommendation fromthe deputy attorney general and added, I said to myself I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. He also said that afterlearning national security adviser Mike Flynn could be blackmailed by the Russians, he waited 18 days to fire him because it did not sound like an emergency.

Meanwhileon Capitol Hill, in a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the assembled leadership in the intelligence community answered with a collective"yes" when asked if they stood by their conclusions thatRussian intelligence agencies were responsible for the hacking and leaking and using misinformation to influence our election."

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For some reason, this president not only does not share his intelligence communitys alarm about a country determined to undermine our democracy, he mocks it. This kind of disdain for his experts suggests a divide in executive branch unlike anything weve seen in recent history.

And with few exceptions, at least for now, Republicans in Congress are going along. This is how we got a bungled investigation of Russias meddling in the House trailing another in the Senate that isled by a member of Trumps transition team, and a House speaker who prioritizes tax breaks for the rich over everything includingbasic oversight.

By firing Comey, Trump has stunted the closest thing to a trusted investigation into Russias involvement in the 2016 election. According to an NBC/Wall St. Journal poll, 65% had confidence in the FBIinvestigation compared to 40% for efforts by Congress.That same poll found 78%of Americans want an independent probe of the meddling.

To get that, we need what Nixon had a Democratic Congress.

Republicans stuck with Trump after theAccess Hollywoodtape revealed him beating his chest over things Mike Pence's wife wouldn't let Penceread about. And they won big. They won't learn their lesson unless they feel the pain at the ballot box.

Jason Sattler, a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, is a columnist forThe National Memo.Follow him on Twitter@LOLGOP.

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