Tag Archives: Data encryption

Cloud and social media data privacy rights

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Ray

There was an minor announcement yesterday, which said something to the effect that data stored in the cloud in Europe and other locations was not immune to US Patriot act access. This concern was mainly aired by one cloud provider … Continue reading →

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Data-at-rest security

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Ray

Although we have discussed securing data in the cloud before but we have not discussed IT data security in general.  I count at least 6 different places one can secure IT data-at-rest today.  In most cases, one has some sort … Continue reading →

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Securing the cloud – part B

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Ray

A recent article from MIT’s Technology Review discussed cloud security (“Security in the Ether”). Most of the article was on how many cloud servers are vulnerable to a particular hack that can uncover private data in server memory/cache. But a … Continue reading →

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Securing data in the cloud

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Ray

We have posted previously about the need for backup in cloud storage. So today I would like to start a discussion on securing “data-at-rest” within the cloud. Depositing data into the cloud seems a little like a chinese laundry to … Continue reading →

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