{"id":4142,"date":"2017-04-11T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2017-04-11T09:10:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:10:59","slug":"basic-tips-security-data-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/11\/basic-tips-security-data-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Some basic tips for securing data in the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story\u00a0originally appeared as a post<\/a>\u00a0over on the blog of Onehub’s\u00a0sister product, Marshal<\/a>. But it had some good, general tips for securing your data in the cloud, so we thought we’d re-post it here.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As a refresher, Marshal is a new online tool<\/a> that can scan your cloud accounts (such as Box, Dropbox, Onehub and more) to uncover any exposed sensitive data you may be storing. You can try it by\u00a0running a free scan right<\/a> now. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Marshal is just a piece when puzzling out your security\u00a0strategy<\/h1>\n

I take a ferry into work and often people will leave jigsaw puzzles out for passengers to complete. It\u2019s quaint and a relaxing way to pass the time.<\/p>\n

Data security, on the other hand is a puzzle that is neither quaint nor relaxing. It requires constant vigilance, which is why we built Marshal. But Marshal is just a piece of your overall security strategy.<\/p>\n

In fact, Marshal shouldn\u2019t necessarily be a starting point for better data security\u200a\u2014\u200athere are a number of steps you should be taking to protect your data before running your first free scan with us, such as:<\/p>\n

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  1. Enable two-step verification on your cloud accounts.<\/strong> If you\u2019re an administrator, consider enforcing this policy across all users of your cloud account.<\/li>\n
  2. Use complex passwords.<\/strong> Please, please, please don\u2019t ever use \u201cadmin\u201d or \u201cpassword\u201d or \u201c1234\u201d as a password\u200a\u2014\u200aon anything. Use a password manager like 1Password<\/a> and require complex passwords across your account.<\/li>\n
  3. Don\u2019t trust public Wi-Fi.<\/strong> You never know what menaces may be lurking on the network. Slate offered up the no barefoot rule<\/a>, which is also good advice.<\/li>\n
  4. Use all the tools.<\/strong> Take advantage of extra file sharing security tools that are offered such as link expiration, access revocation, session timeouts and more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These steps are really just table stakes for cloud-based file sharing anymore. We recommend you do your research to make sure you are being as secure with your file sharing as you can be. ZDNet Online Security 101<\/a> is a great starting point, and there are a ton of resources online.<\/p>\n

    Once you\u2019ve gotten the basics down, Marshal<\/a> can take you to the next level. Our free scan tells you if you are storing exposed sensitive information like Social Security numbers and credit card numbers in your cloud as well as if you are still sharing those files with other parties.<\/p>\n

    Data security is a puzzle that you\u2019ll never really finish. But that\u2019s okay! Marshal will always be here to help you fill in some of the pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This story\u00a0originally appeared as a post\u00a0over on the blog of Onehub’s\u00a0sister product, Marshal. But it had some good, general tips for securing your data in the cloud, so we thought we’d re-post it here.\u00a0 As a refresher, Marshal is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[157,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}