News

More to Security than Encryption

We were having some debates internally here a few months back over when you could call something secure. Is it ok to call something secure, for instance, if it lacks encryption? My answer to this is actually a (qualified) yes. Having server side encryption is great – and ultimately is a very important check-box” feature […]
ownCloud secure cloud solution for filesharing

We were having some debates internally here a few months back over when you could call something secure. Is it ok to call something secure, for instance, if it lacks encryption?

My answer to this is actually a (qualified) yes.

Having server side encryption is great – and ultimately is a very important check-box” feature but I would argue it is ultimately the control you have over your data that is more important to its security.

What we do at ownCloud is give customers as much openness and control as possible over their data – through integration with their monitoring, firewall policies as well as their own storage (or even third-party storage they choose).

Availability as security — If you own your data it can’t be lost because someone is shutting the cloud service down, or if AWS/Dropbox goes down.
•
Integration as security — ownCloud can be integrated in existing firewalls and auditing tools.
•
Openness as security — ownCloud can run on top of encrypted file systems to have full encryption. It is open source so you or someone else
can review the code and make sure that no backdoors exist.

•Control as security — ownCloud runs in an environment you control. So you can be sure that the most secure server environment is used. You can use a hardened and certified infrastructure.
•
Firewall as security — It can be used completely internally in an organization behind a strong firewall or in an intranet.

As I said, encryption is (ultimately) a very important “checkbox” feature, but all the encryption in the world won’t make you secure without control.

ownCloud GmbH

January 15, 2013

Ready to see what’s next?

Having trouble viewing or submitting this form?

Contact Us

We care about protecting your data. Here’s our Privacy Policy.

Read now:

ownCloud Infinite Scale 4.0 is released!

ownCloud Infinite Scale 4.0 is released!

ownCloud has launched Infinite Scale 4.0, the latest significant update to its secure content collaboration platform. This release introduces a range of new features and functionalities, including enhanced capabilities for importing data from third-party clouds, simplifying data upload, refining search functions with the use of tags and filters, and further enhancing user-friendly linking and navigation.

read more