Monday 1 September 2014

How To Safeguard Data On 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.

Speaking of digital storage, you can say that more and more people are opting for cloud storage. This is the kind of storage that will allow you to disregard the use of USB or any other external storage device. This clouding computing is become more and more popular because it is much more convenient than the other secondary storage device.

However, there are definitely a number of risks that you will encounter with the said option. These risks can either be brought on by you or by other people. Of course, the risk you brought is of less concern compared to the risk brought by other people. Others might want to steal your data. Thus, you have to safeguard it.

Many suspicious individuals can be found in the Internet nowadays. All you have to do is to avoid them so that you can make the most out of your work. You should then safeguard your very important items. If you want to avoid situations where you will lose your crucial data, then here are great tips to follow.

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.

Get the user agreement and read it thoroughly. This is usually packaged together with the said cloud storage. If you want to know how you can optimize the use of the said product as well as how you can keep your information safe, then reading the user agreement is a responsibility you have to take.

The password you use on your cloud storage should be crafted carefully. It is a must that it is a strong password so that it can protect your files from unauthorized access. When you are making the password that can protect your files from an unauthorized access, you should not use the ones from your other online accounts and vice versa.

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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