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Security Professionals to Stop Putting Sensitive Data in the Cloud Due to GDPR
eperi has disclosed the results of a survey of 250 IT security professionals that gives insight into what the new General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) will mean for their organisations ’ cloud practices . 53 per cent of respondents said that GDPR data security requirements would keep them from putting sensitive data in the cloud . For the majority ( 85 per cent ) this was due to their lack of confidence in the protection of sensitive data .
According to Ravi Pather , senior vice president of eperi , ‘ Fines under the regulation seem to be the main driver for meeting compliance , as it ’ s likely to be an organisation killer for the worst offences . But with all of this hype , organisations must not forget that if they first and foremost secure the data that goes into the cloud through encryption or tokenisation and remain in control of the encryption keys , the scope of GDPR can be significantly reduced .’
Encrypting or tokenising data means that it is scrambled by an algorithm to such an extent that it is rendered unusable to any unauthorised party attempting to access it . The only way to decrypt the data is to use a key , which ideally should be under the control of the organisation who owns the data . In the event of data compromise or loss , if the organisation is in full control of its own encryption keys , it can avoid the notification step altogether if the data is unreadable to the world outside the organisation .
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Scalability and growth forcing firms to look beyond traditional data centre hubs , suggests Aegis Data
The successes of new age data centre communities , such as Ireland , are forcing organisations to think past the bubble of traditional hubs , including areas like London . This is according to Greg McCulloch , CEO of Aegis Data .
A recent report from the data centre consulting group BroadGroup , has revealed Ireland to be the best place in Europe to set up a data centre facility , citing several benefits including connectivity amongst cities , taxes and active government support . Both Amazon and Microsoft have facilities in Dublin , with Microsoft ’ s being one of the largest in Europe . Now , Apple is looking to build an € 850 million data centre in Athenry , outside of Dublin .
As the data centre community continues to thrive in Ireland , the IDA Ireland – the agency responsible for the attraction and development of foreign direct investment – has been tasked with identifying new land banks within the country which are suitable for developing large scale data centre projects .
McCulloch states that the need to identify new land banks remains one of the biggest obstacles amongst existing data centre communities , reinforcing why so many operators are starting to look past traditional Tier 1 hubs , such as London .
For further information visit : www . aegisdata . net
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