More and more companies are planning to store their data in “the cloud” rather than on the hard-disc. Is this good or bad? Remember Sony PlayStation3 security flaws.

WHO OWNS OUR DATA IN THE CLOUD

This questions get more and more complex, because many web application providers are using cloud services. User data is any piece of identifiable data about user. It can be youwr name, address, birth date, password,…. Therefore this data are somewhere in “the cloud” where criminals can exploit for their goals.

EMERGENCE OF CLOUD

The emergence of cloude, has increased the number of criminals, aiming to steal information or even the identity of another person. Such data is accessible to all authorized persons while you can access it as an unauthorized person with a little ingenuity.

YES OR NO

Therefore, the information in “the cloud” YES or NO? People agree with first or second variant, but in any case we must be careful which data we provided.

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