Cloud Computing Security Parameters on Various Cloud Platforms

Abstract

Cloud Computing is currently a consistently emerging platform in the IT industry. As of now, big tech giants are providing cloud services to various industries as it is their essential policy to secure the architecture and enterprise data. 

With the increase in demand for cloud computing technologies, many tech giants are providing cloud automation services like Amazon Web Service (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM, SAP, Cloudera, and more.  

Snowflake Data Encryption and Data Masking Policies

Introduction

Snowflake architecture has been built with security in mind from the very beginning. A wide range of security features are made available from data encryption to advanced key management to versatile security policies to role-based data access and many more, at no additional cost. This post will describe data encryption and data masking functionalities.

Snowflake Security Reference Architecture

Snowflake Security Reference Architecture includes various state-of-the-art security techniques that offer multiple outstanding cloud security capabilities. It includes data encryption while data at rest, secure data transfers while data in transit, role-based table access, column and row-level access to a particular table, network access/IP range filtering, multi-factor authentication, Federated Single Single On, etc.

5 Data Encryption Best Practices To Follow

Any device that is connected to the internet is vulnerable to data breaches. McAfee estimates that more than 780,000 records are lost to hacking each day. 

Data encryption is one of the best available protection against unauthorized access to your files. Data encryption converts plain-text information into an unreadable form, which can only be accessed by a user with the correct decryption key. 

Best Practices in Software Development Outsourcing and Information Security

Business objectives drive globalization, IT outsourcing, transforming operational models, and organizational structures. However, with the growing number of data security breaches reported by Internet giants like Facebook, information security becomes a major concern for business owners and top managers seeking to establish distributed teams or reap the benefits of offshoring.

To enable efficient and reliable collaboration among businesses and outsourcing vendors, the Computools team has identified the primary information security concerns for both parties and defined the best practices and contractual provisions.

Hacks to Secure Your Data in Cloud

For the digital era, the cloud has proved to be a huge blessing. It enables storing large amounts of information — photos, videos, music, messages, etc. with a limited budget. With the dawn of the Internet, backing up data became much easier by storing it on the server rather than a hard drive. Also, data can be accessed using Internet-enabled devices. It is fascinating to know that the birth of the Internet has made it possible to squirrel away a huge amount of data without buying extra storage devices like memory sticks or hard drives. Recently, with technological advancements, we have seen Google Docs and Gmail taking the place of Microsoft Word and Outlook Express. But, the raised concerned is data security in the cloud. Have you ever asked yourself the question: is your data secure on the Internet?

We have seen too many cases of data hacking in the past. In 2011, Sony’s PlayStation Network carried all the news channels by storm for its news of data hacking. A huge amount of user information was compromised. Also, in September 2018, we came across news of Facebook security breach exposing more than 50 million user accounts. This was the largest breach in the last 14 years of the company’s history, affecting millions of lives by compromising their personal information.