Making the Leap to the Cloud: Is My Data Private and Secure? (Part 3 of 4)

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In Part Two of this series we discussed the physical and electronic security that should be offered by your cloud computing provider’s data center. This week we focus on your organization’s role in protecting your data, and how you can work with your cloud computing provider to ensure they are meeting your data privacy and security needs.

WHAT’S YOUR ROLE IN CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY?

As we’ve seen above, most cloud computing providers take extraordinary measures to keep your data safe on their end. But the fact is, the biggest risk to your data comes from inside your organization, from misrouted data and other simple mistakes to outright data theft by employees…

Cloud computing offers much better protection from internal data loss than other communication methods because it gives you centralized control over your data. It’s much easier to establish and enforce policies for a cloud-based system than for the patchwork of email accounts, physical media, and thumb drives that usually results from on-site data storage. However, you are still responsible for establishing and implementing those policies effectively. The tools you can use to manage access to data include:…

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