How do you make sure your cloud storage is secure?

[Tor Ress]

I use cloud storage all the time, but I keep hearing about breaches. What’s your approach to making sure sensitive files in the cloud are safe?

 

[Perry Fatima]

I’ve trusted cloud storage for years, but I only started taking security seriously after reading about a major breach. Now I never upload anything sensitive without encryption. I also turn on multi-layer authentication for all accounts and set strict access permissions. The best tip I got was to not rely on just the provider’s security, but to add your own layers. I first learned this approach from https://www.akappleug.org/, and it gave me a whole new perspective. Since then, I feel comfortable keeping client files in the cloud, because I know even if something goes wrong on their side, my files are still protected. Honestly, once you go through the setup once, you barely notice the extra steps, but the peace of mind is huge.