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Why you should host your own Encryption Gateway

January 13, 2025

By StratoKey

As of 2022, over 60% of corporate data was stored in the cloud, this number is growing. Most organizations rely on cloud service providers (CSPs) like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Services (GCS), as well as various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) providers for critical operations including, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resource (HR) systems, customer support, ticketing, document management and productivity...

What is Tokenization and Why is it so important?

November 25, 2024

By StratoKey

In today's digital-first world, protecting sensitive data is a cornerstone of cybersecurity. Data tokenization stands out as a highly effective way to secure information, providing both robust protection and operational flexibility. So, what is data tokenization, and why is it so important?Data tokenization is the process of replacing sensitive or regulated data, like confidential business information, protected heath information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII) with a...

Data Residency, What Is It and Why It Is So Important for Global Data Compliance

November 18, 2024

By StratoKey

By 2025, global data generation is projected to reach an astounding 463 exabytes per day. Coupled with the rise of cloud computing and the expansion of geographically distributed businesses, cross-border data flows are more prevalent than ever, and so too is the significance of data residency the specific physical or geographic location where an organization stores or processes its data.

GDPR and Encryption

January 24, 2017

By StratoKey

With GDPR now formally passed into law, StratoKey has released a comprehensive GDPR compliance guide. This guide focuses on how organisations can utlise StratoKey to meet GDPR requirements when using cloud and SaaS applications.The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016/679 ) was approved by the European Parliament on 14 April 2016. With this approval, data protection regulations have been synchronised across all European Union (EU) member states. GDPR is the formal replacement for the...

CASB Guide

August 08, 2016

By StratoKey

StratoKey has published a guide on Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) features, functions and architectures. This guide is designed to dispel some of the myths about CASB vendors and covers the advantages and disadvantages of differing CASB offerings.This guide looks at areas of CASB products that are not often discussed by vendors, such as what type of impact a CASB will have on performance, throughput and scalability of an end cloud application. Vendors typically focus on the marketing...

What is a CASB?

May 03, 2016

By StratoKey

A CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) is a gateway that sits between users and an end cloud application such as Salesforce, Office365 or any other cloud deployed application. The purpose of a CASB is to control the security of both users and data stored in the cloud. This is achieved by encrypting content before it reaches the cloud, monitoring user access and in some instances automated firewall-like rules to thwart attacks.

Corporate Australia to 'rethink' Cyber Security Policies with Serious Data Breaches Bill

February 12, 2016

By StratoKey

According to the Australian Attorney-General's Department website, a proposed Bill will require Government agencies and businesses subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) to notify the national privacy regulator and affected individuals following a serious data breach. The Bill is intended to improve the privacy of Australians without placing an unreasonable regulatory burden on business.

HIPAA Compliance in the Cloud

October 27, 2015

By StratoKey

The healthcare industry and the cloud. It sounds like a match made in heaven.Healthcare providers can instantly access a patient's medical history, contact information and insurance status from a range of different organizations via a smart, connected, cloud-based network to provide faster and more effective treatment. Plus, payment and insurance claims are made simpler and easier with all the relevant parties sharing data.Sounds perfect - a cost-effective, central application that enables all...

Cloud Access Security Broker Checklist

September 30, 2015

By StratoKey

Gartner coined the term Cloud Access Security Brokers (or CASB) a few years ago now, and placed it atop of their security technology trends of 2014. As defined by Gartner , CASB solutions are on-premises, or cloud-based security policy enforcement points, placed between consumers and cloud service providers that offer monitoring and control across multiple cloud services.

Salesforce Encryption - part 2

August 23, 2015

By StratoKey

In the first section of this two part post on implementing cloud data protection for Salesforce, we looked at identifying an appropriate cloud data protection solution, encrypting Salesforce data and how to lock end applications to the cloud data protection gateway. In this second part, we are looking at moving to the next level of cloud protection, threat identification, countermeasures and mitigation.

Continuing the 6 steps to securing your cloud application: