© Miguel A. Calles 2020
M. A. CallesServerless Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6100-2_10

10. Protecting Sensitive Data

Miguel A. Calles1 
(1)
La Habra, CA, USA
 

In this chapter, we will discuss some principles for protecting sensitive data. We will consider sensitive data to be information that are not secrets but might still result in damage when putting multiple pieces of data together. For example, driver’s licenses, birthdays, medical history, and so on are sensitive data. We will learn how to apply these principles in the cloud provider services, the software used to build the application, and the application configuration.

Importance of Protecting Sensitive Data

The OWASP Top Ten1 and the Interpretation for Serverless2 include sensitive ...

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