Learn the ins and outs of encryption in the cloud.

In 2016, 68 million accounts of Dropbox users were compromised. The attacker took advantage of a poorly kept employee password to gain access to emails and passwords from exposed accounts that were created in 2012 and earlier. The data was available on the dark web for sale until it was picked up by several tech and security publications.

While cloud storage is convenient and gives access to data anywhere, anytime, regardless of the device you’re on, cloud storage security is a matter of grave concern to organizations.

Storing data in the cloud means your confidential files and sensitive data are exposed to new forms of risks. Data stored on the cloud is outside of the limits of many safeguards used to protect sensitive data in your organization’s data center.

Therefore, when it comes to cloud storage, organizations have to take additional measures to secure cloud storage beyond the basic security measures offered by cloud storage providers like Dropbox, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

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