Cloud Storage Security

Data stored in the cloud is commonly stored unencrypted. This will expose you to risks and problems that you may not be aware of.

Risk in Storing Data Unencrypted in the Cloud

1. Data Breaches

Unencrypted data are more prone to being leaked and exposed. Hackers can have access to your data without you knowing it and bring you a whole lot of problems!

2. Data Leaks

Accidental data leaks due to misconfiguration or human error will cause catastrophic problems as huge amounts of unencrypted data will be leaked into the public space.

3. Lack of Control

Your cloud storage providers may offer you their own security measures and access control. However, the measures and control provided is too limited. This will make it difficult to set access control according to your organization’s requirements. Furthermore, any change to other cloud providers is not easily possible and thus would pose a threat to your data – you are locked in!

We help you to have strong cloud security

With the following steps you can secure your data on your platforms or cloud storage:

Incoming Pipelines

1. Implement PQVault for encryption and/or signing before uploading any data to the cloud.

2. Create encrypted and/or signed data and set policies to allow authorized users to access and decrypt and/or verify the data

Outgoing Pipelines

1. Download the encrypted data (with the signature, if the data is signed) onto the machine you are using to access the data

2. Use PQVault to decrypt and/or verify the data manually via the desktop client or programmatically via the SDK

3. Decryption and verification will be blocked for unauthorized parties based on the shares and policies you set during encryption or signing

For integrating PQVault in your systems, we present you a few options to choose from:

For individuals who seek to just store small amounts but very sensitive data like personal photos and account credentials in your cloud, you can try our PQVault Desktop Client plans that offers you a simple-to-use desktop client which carries out all your cryptographic needs with a few clicks.

For organizations who store large amount of data to the cloud, we recommend our PQVault Software-Development Kit for Applications plans which provides Software-Development-Kits (SDKs) to develop scripts and programs to help automate the cryptographic operations and seamlessly integrate our services into your software systems and network.

Additionally, if your systems involve a significant amount of IoT devices, our PQVault Software-Development Kit for IoT Devices plans are available to you which provides special Software-Development-Kits (SDKs) optimized to be used by these devices.