The survival status of antivirus software in cloud computing era

Recently, the trend of technology and rising two major security manufacturers have launched a new concept based on cloud computing security Architecture: "Cloud security." We are pleased to see that the domestic anti-virus manufacturers from the concept of the followers gradually stepped into the ranks of advocates, from "active defense" to "cloud security." At this time we have to consider, in the "cloud computing," the popularization of the application is still in the initial stage, "cloud security" reliable? It will give anti-virus software, will give the anti-virus market, will give the user, will bring to the manufacturer how to change?

A simple understanding of the source drive of cloud computing, the industry's definition of cloud computing (Cloud Computing), distributed processing (distributed Computing), parallel processing (Parallel Computing), and grid computing (grids The development of Computing, or the commercial realization of these computer science concepts. In the IBM technical white paper "Cloud Computing", we can see the following definition: The term "cloud computing" is used to describe a system platform or a type of application. A cloud computing platform can be dynamically supplied (provision), configured (revisit), reconfigured (reconfigure), and cancelled services (deprovision) on demand. The server in the cloud computing platform can be either a physical server or a virtual server. Advanced computing clouds typically contain other computing resources, such as storage area networks (SANS), network devices, firewalls, and other security devices. On the application side, cloud computing describes a scalable application that can be accessed over the Internet. Cloud applications run network applications and network services using large data centers and powerful servers. Any user can access a cloud computing application through the right Internet access device and a standard browser. To sum up, the core of "cloud computing" is based on the huge hardware platform of Internet applications and services, hardware platforms, applications, services in the "cloud."

And what is the core of "cloud security" in anti-virus? Earlier this year, Panda and trend technology had vaguely proposed the theory of cloud computing security. First look at the trend of technology and rising cloud security concept:

Trend technology This defines the "cloud security" technology architecture Core: Based on Web reputation Services (WRS), mail reputation Service (ERS), File Reputation Service (FRS) and TrendLabs Research and Development center, deployed in the cloud, the virus signature is stored in the Internet Cloud Database, A network that is aggregated with global threat information and maintains a minimum number of clients to intercept before a network threat reaches a user or corporate network.

Rising "Cloud safety" (Cloud Security) program content is, the user and rising technology platform through the Internet closely linked to form a huge Trojan/malicious software monitoring, killing network, each "rising card 6.0" users are "cloud security" (Cloud Security) plan to contribute to the effort to share the safety gains of all other users.

Users are both contributors to cloud security and cloud security stakeholders, and virus analysis systems and security repositories are located in the cloud. Rough looks like cloud security is similar to cloud computing, just the identity of the user, in the cloud security or contributor. But look at it, we will find that the two clouds are not necessarily linked, that is, in the future, users in the cloud computing end of the Internet application, but also need to protect the cloud security side. From this point of view, cloud security will inevitably become an inevitable trend, users in the client out of the huge virus library, security applications more convenient, anti-virus ability more efficient, save users due to the virus caused by the hardware and software costs.

But to put it another way, since the user's data is stored in the cloud computing side, application in the cloud computing side, services in the cloud, then security why not in the cloud side? We also need anti-virus software cloud security This "cloud"? Users can be fully secure to Microsoft Ibm,google, Amazon, Oracle and other cloud computing terminals, as users spend money on applications and services.

At this time, some people will ask, we are not the same to Microsoft, Ibm,google they want to apply and service it? Do not also need anti-virus software and security products? Of course, because users and businesses have not yet flown into the cloud, the user's personal data can be stored in a personal computer, mobile hard disk, carved into a CD-ROM, enterprise data stored in the local data center. Most applications are not networked. In the era of cloud computing, we have reason to believe that anti-virus will become a part of the service, users can fully and cloud-side direct dialogue, even if there is a cloud security side is also through the cloud-side to provide users with security services.

Through these we may as well boldly forecast, the cloud computing age antivirus software's survival condition is this:
1. Anti-Virus software is independent of cloud computing, to cloud security as the platform, and the emerging "cloud virus", "Cloud Zombie" and other new threats to fight. Through the cloud computing platform, to provide users with security services, and cloud computing platform tightly integrated. But the essence of survival is no longer dependent on the virus library, but more sophisticated anti-virus technology and engine.
2. Anti-Virus software in the cloud, is a component of cloud computing, and cloud data security, cloud risk management, cloud hardware security equipment, such as cloud computing security services are part of.