IBM SoftLayer vs. AWS cloud security: Choose your tools wisely

February 6, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Beth Pariseau.

IT pros considering IBM SoftLayer and Amazon Web Services will find solid security in both clouds, though true cloud security should ultimately be something the user controls, experts say. IBM SoftLayer and Amazon Web Services (AWS) both cater to enterprises with extensive cloud security features, as well as marketplaces full of third-party products to secure the customer’s side of the cloud.

Much of AWS cloud security revolves around encryption. It encrypts data at rest in the Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Block Store (EBS). With the AWS Key Management Service, Amazon offers customers a choice of using master keys managed by AWS for encryption or controlling their own keys…

The AWS option costs $1 per key version per month. API requests to the AWS Key Management Service cost 3 cents per 10,000 requests, after a free tier of 20,000 requests per month is exhausted…

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