"There are some ways to effectively begin securing your information in the cloud. We’ve recently been pondering whether or not one can prove compliance with security and privacy regulations in the cloud. Luckily, while cloud services still may not be right for handling health or payment card information, security vendors and cloud service providers are beginning to offer ways to effectively secure your cloud-based computing resources and satisfy some compliance requirements", writes Kristen Romonovich in an article titled "Free Software to Protect Virtual Machines in the Cloud: Third Brigade VMware Protection".

The author reviews Brigade VM Protection. This is a free software application that helps VM users to achieve protection and compliance for VMware virtual machines deployed in a private or public cloud. It is available for free for up to 100 virtual machines.