7 Aspects that Make the Cloud a Safer Place for your Data

An important decision all organizations need to make regarding their data is whether to store it on-premise or to host it in the cloud. As of 2019, more than 94 % of them have found the answer to this question and rely on the cloud for storing their data. Others are still questioning the impact that such a decision will have on their business model. But one of the most frequent questions asked relates to data security: “What about the security of our data in the cloud?”Below is a list of 7 aspects that make cloud storage more secure than data warehousing centers: Data Redundancy & Crash ResilienceLet’s start with the obvious: the safety of your data relates directly to the safety of the physical data-center(s) where it is stored.Since cloud vendors store data redundantly, multiple copies of your files reside on a number of data centers spread across the globe. This gives you the certainty that in case of the worst failure (e.g. a physical server is destroyed by a natural disaster) your data is still safe and available. This makes it much easier to recover from disasters.On the other hand, on-premise data hosting is much riskier from this ...


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