{"id":659198,"date":"2013-05-21T08:55:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T12:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=646259"},"modified":"2013-05-21T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T12:55:59","slug":"sponsored-post-cloud-storage-is-great-but-be-careful-what-you-put-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659198","title":{"rendered":"Sponsored post: Cloud storage is great \u2014 but be careful what you put there"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marco Arment — creator of Instapaper, co-founder of Tumblr and internet-famous software developer — has a knack for sharing unique and thoughtful insights on technology. Take, for example, public cloud\u2013based storage services, such as Dropbox. Marco makes some salient points worth repeating here for users who may not be fully aware of the ramifications of storing sensitive data off-premise.<\/p>\n

Arment says:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnything that is really sensitive or extremely valuable or needs to be kept very secret, I wouldn\u2019t store on anybody else\u2019s servers. That, to me, seems ridiculous unless I held the encryption keys like with the online backup service that I use.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Public cloud-based locker services hold the keys to encrypt and decrypt your data on their servers. Why? It\u2019s important to remember they are used as a collaboration tool. To offer public file sharing features, they need to decrypt data stored on their servers. In addition, employee could view or steal your data. To make matters worse, public cloud services are more likely to be hit by hackers because they are high value targets.<\/p>\n

However, there is an alternative.\u00a0Varonis DatAnywhere<\/a>\u00a0is a private cloud-based file sharing solution that is secure and easy to use.<\/p>\n