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Elastic Vulnerability Assessment (EVA) Credentials for AWS EC2 and VPC 23 Jul 2013 | 07:22 pm
One of the major obstacles to Elastic Detector adoption is the step where infrastructure API credentials are asked. Security guys do not easily give their keys to strangers. We fully understand that, ...
Automation of Vulnerability Assessments with OpenVAS 18 Jul 2013 | 02:58 pm
To scan a host using OpenVAS, you will have to go through a configuration phase that can be done in two different ways, depending on your specific need: Using the Greenbone web interface Using the Ope...
Cloud OpenSource Conference at Sophia Antipolis 2 Jul 2013 | 06:23 pm
I was pleased to be an invited speaker at the french conference on OpenSource and Cloud Computing organized by Telecom Valley. Along great presentations from fellows from Google, IBM and Orange, I did...
Amazon Web Services last push towards security and compliance: CloudHSM 29 Mar 2013 | 12:29 pm
We are getting used to the fast pace of innovation and new tools brought by Amazon Web Services (AWS), but this week CloudHSM announcement was a surprise. So, you do not trust AWS to store your keys...
AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) support in CloudyScripts 22 Nov 2012 | 02:52 pm
A few days ago, Amazon announced that they have deployed a new region in Asia Pacific (to Sydney, Australia) on its blog (the full article could be found here) Even if Amazon documentation did not con...
vSphere 5 Hardening Guide 6 Jun 2012 | 08:58 pm
Vmware has just released a great guide: the official hardening guide for vSphere 5. The terminology has changed and if you are used to the version 4.1, there is a nice companion document to help you ...
Launch of HP Cloud with OpenStack 11 May 2012 | 07:20 am
We’ve been busy lately with the second version of Elastic Detector, that supports Amazon EC2, Terremark’s vCloud Express and Eucalyptus. Today we’re thrilled to announce support of another leading clo...
AWS South America support in CloudyScripts 16 Dec 2011 | 06:24 am
Yesterday, Amazon announced that they have deployed a new region in South America (to Sao Paulo, Brazil) on its blog (the full article could be found here) Even if Amazon documentation did not contain...
Elastic Security: Vulnerability Assessment 23 Nov 2011 | 06:32 am
Elastic Detector, our FREE Vulnerability Assessment tool for Amazon EC2, has been recently updated with NEW features. Of course, the NEW Amazon US-West (Oregon) has been added at the meantime (see the...
Amazon US West Oregon Region Support in CloudyScripts 18 Nov 2011 | 07:08 am
A few days ago Amazon announced that a new AWS Region in Oregon is supported (see AWS blogpost for more information). Amazon’s documentation for PVGRUB AKI IDs (which can be found here) was not update...
