Information Security Handbook

Storage threat mitigations

There are many technologies that can be used to mitigate the various threats associated with cloud-based storage solutions. We will look at a few such technologies in detail in the following sections.

Encryption

Encryption is a vital technology that ensures the confidentiality of data in the cloud is maintained. When implementing encryption capabilities for your cloud computing environment, you must ensure that the technologies deployed support:

• Your specific cloud platform
• Organizational policies and rules
• Business and mission objectives
• Regulatory requirements

Encryption use cases:

• Data in transit: Encryption should be used when data is moved inside and outside of the cloud
• Data at rest: Data that resides on ...