Cloud Storage Security
A Practical Guide

Learn the risks associated with cloud-based data storage from a security and privacy perspective

Aaron Wheeler (Author), Michael Winburn (Author)

9780128029305, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 15 July 2015

144 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.25 kg

"...this practical guide is recommended to technical and nontechnical readers alike, to get a compact and to-the-point presentation of risks associated with cloud storage systems from a security and privacy perspective." --Computing Reviews

Cloud Storage Security: A Practical Guide introduces and discusses the risks associated with cloud-based data storage from a security and privacy perspective. Gain an in-depth understanding of the risks and benefits of cloud storage illustrated using a Use-Case methodology. The authors also provide a checklist that enables the user, as well as the enterprise practitioner to evaluate what security and privacy issues need to be considered when using the cloud to store personal and sensitive information.

1. Data in the Cloud2. Applications in the Cloud3. Privacy Challenges4. Compliance5. Privacy Tools6. Best Practices7. The Future of Cloud Data Privacy and Security

Subject Areas: Computer security [UR], Databases & the Web [UNN], Information retrieval [UNH], Internet: general works [UBW]