How do you secure high value data in the cloud?
Have you implemented any special data security measures to protect high value data stored in the cloud? What is most effective?
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Here's an article with some thoughts.
How To Protect High-Value Data Assets
http://www.crn.com/blogs-op-ed/channel-voices/240008215/how-to-protect-h...
"For decades, the security industry has been chasing an infinite list of malicious software and creating a blacklist to prevent them from running. That reactive approach is no longer effective, as evidenced by the volume of high-profile data breaches still taking place. Today, enterprises are faced with exponential growth in IP theft, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and other sophisticated malware. Solution providers seeking new technologies for their portfolios that overcome the limitations of legacy blacklisting solutions have a great opportunity to help their customers avoid data loss.
Here are five topical themes about today’s threat landscape and a new approach that solution providers can follow for a consultative discussion with their customers about protecting their high valued data assets from today’s advanced threats."
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I think the best choice for high value data is not to store it on the cloud. If that isn't an option, use encryption for that data. A lot (most?) cloud providers use some sort of encryption, but you can use other options like TrueCrypt to protect your data.
Sophos, for one example, offers some enterprise grade encryption for cloud storage. There are other options, they were just the first one that came to mind.
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/encryption/safeguard-enterprise/pro...
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Agili Ron