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Securing Cloud Data – Cloud Encryption Considerations Part III

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The last posting – Securing Cloud Data Part I – we discussed the security triad in the context of data security which includes data-at-rest encryption to protect confidentiality, data in transit encryption to protect the integrity, high availability clusters, and failover for availability.

Part II was focused on understanding cloud security domains, AWS and Azure storage choices, access methodology, encryption capability, etc. The encryption consideration includes data classification, encryption policy, regulatory and compliance requirements, high availability, application integration, support, and key life cycle management.

The Cloud Security Series Part II onwards is focused on providing basic conceptual information about cloud security in the context of AWS and Azure. This will help security reviewers, auditors, and risk management personnel.

Encryption – Data at Rest

The security triad in the contest of data security includes data-at-rest encryption to protect confidentiality, data in transit encryption to protect the integrity and high availability clusters, and failover for availability. Encryption types for data-at-rest include the following:

  • Full Disk Encryption (FDE) for endpoint protection
  • Full Disk Encryption with Pre-Boot Authentication (FDE w/ PBA) for endpoint protection
  • Hardware Security Module (HSM) for key management lifecycle protection
  • Encrypting File System (EFS) for storage protection
  • Virtual Encryption for storage protection
  • File and Folder Encryption (FFE) for unstructured data protection
  • Database Encryption for structured data protection

Encryption – Data in Transit

Encryption types for data-in-motion include (but are not limited to) the following:

Encryption Available from Cloud Providers

The major cloud corporations provide the following encryption methods:

  • Server-Side Encryption,
  • Client-Side Encryption,
  • Symmetric Key Encryption
  • Asymmetric Key Encryption

The major cloud corporation provide the following key management solutions:

  • Customer Stored and Managed
  • Provider Stored and Customer Managed
  • Provider Stored and Customer Managed (using KMS)
  • Cloud Provider Stored and Managed

The other key management solutions include OWN HSM Solution and Software-Based Key Management. Corporations need to decide in advance the encryption and key management requirement and ensure could provider supports the requirement

Cloud Encryption Consideration

The encryption consideration includes data classification, encryption policy, regulatory and compliance requirements, high availability, application integration, support, and key life cycle management.

Cloud encryption and key management buzz words:

  • BYOK – Bring Your Own Key
  • BYOV – Bring Your Own Vault
  • BYOE – Bring Your Own Encryption
  • BYOH – Bring Your Own HSM

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