10 Tips for Protecting Data When Using IaaS Solutions

Grazed from Virtacore.  Author: Editorial Staff.

An Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) plan can give organizations access to holistic infrastructure resources to meet their diverse operational needs. A good cloud infrastructure strategy will alleviate your day-to-day management burden. But you also need to keep your data safe. Here are 10 tips to help you protect data when subscribing to IaaS plans:

1. Know what you control
IaaS plans give vendors a great deal of responsibility, but you still have plenty to control. Knowing the nuances of your service plan, the infrastructure configuration and how users will access various resources plays a key role in figuring out how you can protect data…

2. Understand ownership
Who actually owns data in your IaaS plan? You need to understand the nuances of data ownership to protect your organization against a wide range of legal and logistical situations…

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