Your privacy in the digital space is compromised by many actors. A cloud can be a counterweight to this. It is a place of refuge where one’s own data remains protected.
What is privacy?
Privacy, what does that actually mean? First and foremost, it is a word composition of the words private and spherical. The private refers on the one hand to the individual and on the other to the internal, the non-public. The sphere, from the ancient Greek word spharia, is generally translated as celestial sphere or celestial vault. However, its meaning also includes the terms area, environment, sphere of influence, sphere of power. The private sphere is therefore a non-public area. Two good examples of this are the private cloud in the digital domain and one’s own four walls in the analogue domain.
Data theft usually goes unnoticed
The consciousness towards the two worlds Analog & Digital is different. Thus it is clear to everyone that a break-in into one’s own home represents a serious breach of civil liberties. The digital, however, is unmanageable, which is why the feeling of powerlessness in data theft is less pronounced than in a burglary. For in many cases even the crime goes unnoticed. Frequent forms of cybercrime are identity abuse and Internet fraud. Criminals use lax security measures (technical and personal) to gain access to private data. An example of this is the so-called “grandchild trick“. Data relating to private life serves as a basis for obtaining the trust of other family members. In comparison to the social networks, the cloud represents a place of retreat that you share only with invited confidants. To ensure that this is the case and to make the cloud secure, there are a few points you should keep in mind.
Security in the Cloud
The most sensitive security gap is always the human being. First and foremost, it must be clear with whom you want to share your cloud. Your online storage must remain an exclusive space in which you assign rights. Only through this high degree of self-responsibility can you prevent social engineering from taking place. If you do not belong to the ranks of cryptographers and IT security experts, it is advisable to fall back on experts. The design of the security structure is a complex undertaking that you should leave to professionals. Only a highly specialized company offers the necessary know-how to implement things like E2EE encryption. Of course, you can also use additional encryption if you don’t trust your cloud provider. Unfortunately, even the best security concepts are useless if your data is stored on a server with the wrong location. There are regions in the world where we believe privacy is unknown. It is therefore advisable to choose a provider that is located in the European Union for optimal legal protection. The introduction of the DSGVO is a model for data protection worldwide.
Allstar cloud provider TeamDrive
TeamDrive is the first choice with regard to your privacy in the cloud as well as security technology and legal security. TeamDrive’s technical features include the use of the AES-256 algorithm and end-to-end encryption. The Zero-Knowledge-Privacy guarantees real privacy as TeamDrive excludes itself from data access. But the TeamDriveTeam also scores in the legal area. Years of certification by the Independent State Centre in Schleswig-Holstein prove the quality in terms of data security and data protection. Even a server location in Germany is rather rare in the cloud business and therefore a plus point.
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