Do Not Trust Third Parties

Originally posted on June 19, 2022 in Categories: Data security, Quick Bites, Security

If you rely on third-party service providers such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon and so on for storing your data... and if their cloud is the primary home for your data, it's only a matter of time before you lose access to it... or worse, get breached. They have their uses, but your data is…

In-house data server

If you rely on third-party service providers such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon and so on for storing your data… and if their cloud is the primary home for your data, it’s only a matter of time before you lose access to it… or worse, get breached.

They have their uses, but your data is your responsibility. Especially if it’s mission-critical data that your business needs. In-house data servers are so cheap that there really is no excuse for not using one, or more.

I only use third-parties as doomsday backups, and the data stored on there is encrypted so hacks don’t scare me anyway.

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