Cloud security starts on the ground, not in the sky

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Las vegas- The major security vendors had a strong presence at VMworld 2011, VMware Inc.'s annual user conference. And it wasn't surprising, given that security remains a top-of-mind concern for many enterprises considering embracing cloud computing.rnIn its 2011 State of Security survey released this week, Symantec Corp. reported that virtualization has joined mobile computing and social media as the top three trends driving security challenges in Canada, according to respondent organizations. And the budget is following. The highest growth area in Canadian IT security budgets is security for private cloud initiatives with 38 per cent increasing their spend, and public cloud not far behind at 34 per cent.