Privacy and security– the big cloud questions

Can you trust a remote cloud company to keep your data safe from criminals and snooping governments?

For many people, the biggest concerns over cloud-based services have little to do with features, connectivity or capacity, and everything to do with security and privacy. While the truth is somewhat more complex, it seems intuitive that data stored on a local PC or NAS drive should be secure, while data stored remotely in some nebulous cloud is vulnerable to attack from hackers, fraudsters and numerous sinister agencies. As a result, we look for reassurance from cloud services that our data will be secure and our privacy respected. Following the Snowden revelations and last year’s celebrity security breaches, that need has only grown. Businesses have particular concerns. Not only do they have their own business-sensitive data to safeguard, but they have a duty of care over any customer or employee data they…

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