CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge All-in-One Exam Guide

CHAPTER 11

Data Security and Encryption

This chapter covers the following topics from Domain 11 of the CSA Guidance:

•   Data Security Controls

•   Cloud Data Storage Types

•   Managing Data Migrations to the Cloud

•   Securing Data in the Cloud

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This quote shows encryption (albeit it not very strong) in action. Do yourself and your company a favor and never use MD5 as a way to “encrypt” credentials in code (in a cloud or in a data center). Bonus points if you run this string through an MD5 decryption program online.

This book has previously addressed information risk management from a business perspective. In this chapter, we turn our attention to security controls that are key enforcement tools for implementing ...