Data Centric Security Works for the Cloud

We live in a data centric world, where data is everywhere and very mobile. The mobility expends through the use of all connected devices to the cloud. Mobility and Cloud computing pose certain risks to data integrity. So the concept of data centric security was born.

Central to data centric security is the idea of encryption. Only encryption can protect individual data elements from being read by unauthorized people. In a world where data is being freed, through technologies like XBRL, data integrity becomes more important.

CIO has recently released a white paper How Data-Centric Protection Increases Security in Cloud Computing and Virtualization.

Also, the CICA released a white paper a couple of years ago which gives a good overview of the subject.

Both white papers are useful in understanding how to approach this issue.