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australia | Backup to the Cloud and Security Assuming traditional local and possibly off-sitel backup of data is already been done and the Cloud is used as an additional backup - what are the security implications and how should I choose a provider?
I am wondering on how safe is my data in the cloud and in transit. Assuming the data is stored encrypted on an Amazon server and I felt comfortable with that set-up, what are the risks in actually transferring the files from my desktop or server to the cloud. How would I ensure that the files are neither accessible to someone in transit or the provider of the upload program? |
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 therube
join:2004-11-11
Randallstown, MD
1 edit | (IMO, you should assume there is NO security/privacy [retention policies too] at all, & then take what measures you deem appropriate for your data.) |
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| said by therube:(IMO, you should assume there is NO security/privacy [retention policies too] at all, & then take what measures you deem appropriate for your data.)
Basically this. I don't care what a "cloud" provider says their privacy policies are, I don't trust any of them to keep my data truly secure. Even if they encrypt it, they usually have the key.
The best way is to simply encrypt your data on your own machine prior to sending it to the cloud. I personally do it with GPG, but you can pick your own method.
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join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | security =/=privacy |
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said by KodiacZiller:The best way is to simply encrypt your data on your own machine prior to sending it to the cloud. I personally do it with GPG, but you can pick your own method.
GPG = Good tool.
»www.gnupg.org/ |
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