Cloud technology is a relatively recent technology that has proved to be applicable in many facets of society. Companies have utilized this technology not only in business-to-business relationships, but business-to-consumer relationships as well. In fact, cloud computing is so applicable that a multitude of industries currently utilize the technology; these industries range from the obvious, such as software, with companies like Amazon and Microsoft being some of the more notable ones, to the more surprising, including construction – as construction companies utilize cloud technology in order to gather and have access to data about construction sites at any given time – hospitals, which frequently use cloud technology to store documents, and financial organizations – as these organizations frequently use cloud technology for, among other things, their email. Businesses utilizing cloud technology has become widespread, and it is only going to continue to become even more widespread. Because of this, one must ask: What measures can be enacted to make cloud technology more secure?
This is not an unreasonable question to ask, as a data breach could potentially have very real consequences for the parties involved. Hypothetically, if a hospital that uses cloud technology were to undergo a data breach, the medical records , as well as other private information, of countless patients at the hospital would be at risk. Furthermore, if the same were to happen to a financial firm, the personal information of the firm’s clients, which could potentially have a real financial consequences for the firm and the firm’s clients. Evidently, the fallout of a data breach can be devastating, financial or otherwise, and therefore, for the sake of the consumer as well as the firms utilizing cloud technology, it is vital that measures can be taken in order to prevent data breaches and, if at all possible, mitigate the potential fallout from a data breach.
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https://www.inc.com/frederic-kerrest/how-do-industries-stack-up-in-the-cloud.html
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