A survey by cloud-computing company CloudPassage found the top concern of 45% of IT managers to be a lack of perimeter defenses in their public cloud. This lack of solutions is exacerbated by the fluctuating nature of on-demand computing. To the rescue comes CloudPassage's new Halo NetSec, an automated solution that provides advanced network access control for servers running in public clouds. "Securing cloud servers doesn't have to be a full-time job", says CloudPassage. Halo NetSec incorporates a cloud-ready firewall, two-factor authentication and an open API for integration with other systems. It is purpose-built for the cloud so it can scale up instantly to accommodate large development projects and back down again. The result is "a solution providing network security functions expected in private data centers, enabling cloud developers and security engineers to embrace IaaS computing with confidence".
