Encryption in Use – Fact and Fiction
Risk-conscious enterprises across the globe have been reluctant to embrace
the public cloud model. For many, compliance requirements are the source of
the reluctance. For others, concerns about ceding control of their data to a
cloud service provider, without the cloud service provider accepting
liability for customer data, is the major hurdle. Conforming to data
residency regulations, when implementing a distributed services model,
present a further complication. Even as these challenges to adoption loom
large, the economics and productivity benefits of cloud-based services remain
compelling. For these organizations to make the transition to the cloud, a
range of elements must be in place, including continuous monitoring of the
cloud service provider’s data center, enforcement of appropriate service
level agreements, data classi... (more)