Is the Cloud Secure enough for my small business?
How do you protect your home valuables? Do you put them in:
- Your desk drawer under lock and key
- A lock box hidden behind your towels in a closet
- The bank vault
This is pretty analogous to most small business’ approach to one of their most valuable assets: their information. Do you:
- Keep everything on your computer, password protected
- Keep it all on a server, stored in a closet and maintained by a tech-friendly employee or a P/T IT person (according to the NYT, perhaps as young as 13)
- Store it in the cloud, maintained by companies that store billions of bits of data and/or have been providing cloud services for over 16 years.*
Two of the most often heard objections to moving from a server in the closet to the cloud are control and security, but in truth, they are the same issue. There is a sense of control when your business’s vital information is stored in your place of business, away from prying eyes and possible security breaches. But are they safe?
