How do I protect data as I move and store it in the Cloud?

How do I protect data as I move and store it in the Cloud?

Solutions from cloud providers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle offer agile environments that can scale on demand and offer the capabilities to store, secure, process and pull data more efficiently and cost-effectively across different regions.

Here are the data security requirements:

  • Compliance: Several international compliances, such as ISO/IEC 27001, GLBA, GDPR, and PCI DSS, require organizations to secure data at every level, and encryption is the most effective way.

    The regulations have underlined customer information, such as personally identifiable information (PII), payment history, credit score, deposits, account numbers, etc., as critical.

    As a result, banks must strictly encrypt data in storage, transit, and in use to ensure there's no risk of its exposure. This way, banks can also significantly minimize the risk of data breaches.

  • Encryption in Transit: Protects data when it moves from on-prem to the cloud or between two services.

    The data is encrypted before transmission, the endpoints are authenticated, and the data on arrival is decrypted and verified. TLS and SSL standards are widely used to protect data in transit.

  • Control of Keys: Public cloud platforms allow organizations to encrypt big data in many ways. For example, Server-Side Encryption (SSE) has been the most convenient option, but it forces encryption keys to stay in the cloud.

    As a result, despite having the most stringent and ethical policies from the cloud vendors' end, one cannot rule out the vulnerability of unauthorized access if the encryption keys are not entirely under bank authority.

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