Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Tips In Keeping Your Data Secure While Clouding Computing

By Harriet Porter


The computer is the best means for you to create files that you will need without having to pull up a pen or a paper. It is also the way for you to save files without having to bring with you bulky folders and such. You can go virtual with the computer, and to an extent the Internet. These are all the convenience brought about by the advancement of technology.

Be concerned with the digital storage though. Out of the many available options for digital storage, clouding computing is the one that is getting the most popular nowadays. Of course, that is only a given considering how the said option is much more convenient than other secondary storage device like flash drives and such.

However, there are considerable risks that come with the use of the said storage option. Thus, if you want to secure and safeguard your important documents, you have to be careful on a lot of things. You have to make sure that you are using a safe product, saving files securely, a secure network, and so much more.

Numerous unscrupulous individuals will take advantage of the data you save on the cloud if you give them the chance to access it. Thus, you have to pay attention to your use of the cloud as much as possible to block the access of these individuals who have bad intentions for your data. Here are some useful tips you can use for that.

First, be sure to classify all of your data to sensitive and non-sensitive data range. It is fine to immediately store up the non-sensitive data range to the cloud storage as soon as you have finished working on them. It is a different matter though for the sensitive data range. You need to avoid putting them in cloud storage as much as possible.

Every cloud storage option has a user agreement that comes with it. The user agreement is what you will read if you want to know the best way to use your cloud storage. This is also the way to know the services that you can get out of the cloud storage.

Pay close attention to how you make your passwords. The passwords are technically your vanguards that protect the data you have saved. You should choose the password that has both upper and lower case letters, alphanumeric, and more than seven characters long. Also, do not recycle passwords. Do not use passwords for other accounts as the password of your cloud storage.

Encrypt. This is actually the best way for people to protect their data. Encryption is basically just putting a password into the file you are saving into the virtual world before putting it up for storage in the cloud. No one can gain access to your file without the password for the data. That should keep your files safe.

Choose the option that has an encrypting function too. If you do that, then you can put encrypt all the files you will need to save on the cloud server. Aside from the encrypting function, it should also have a decrypting function. This is the function that allows you to access your encrypted file.




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