Can Data in the Cloud Actually Be Secure?
There are two major problems with the oft-asked question, “Is it possible to actually secure your data once it’s in the cloud?” Those problems are the words, “secure” and “cloud”—both of which are subject to widely varying notions of what they mean. In many conversations, “secure” means merely “no unauthorized access.” That’s not really useful, if it’s the only thing that’s promised. “Cloud” has the opposite problem of being often defined too broadly: the label is commonly slapped on any externa