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Interviewer: So, if you receive a call from someone, a small business
owner, who said that they're interested in taking their company into a
Cloud environment, however, they said they're a financial company and
there's a lot of secured data which they have to ensure to the customers
that it doesn't get out, that's logical, right? What would you tell them,
that small business owner, that would assure him on his end what he should
look for security-wise in the company and what the [Cloud provider], what
that would do for him?
Louis: I think that when you look at putting your data in the Cloud it's
much different than your traditional IT infrastructure. You're not
concerned with solely protecting your perimeter. Now you have to think
about what your data means to you and what would happen if that data was
compromised. So, the things that you want to consider would be password
protecting all of your crucial documents, encrypting your data files during
the transfer to the Cloud.
Interviewer: Sure.
Louis: I think the public Cloud has a long way to go as far as security
right now, but the private Cloud, which is what we offer, Fortress, it's
much better in terms of security. We use such things as virtual-less
firewalls and stuff like that to secure your data in your infrastructure.
Interviewer: It's pretty much a mix of software firewalls, publication
firewalls, and hardware firewalls.
Louis: That's right. Exactly.
Interviewer: Would it also be important for you to tell the person that
even though you're getting into the Cloud, it's still important for that
person on their LAN network, on their end to actually secure that data in a
physical location.
Louis: Of course.
Interviewer: So, they're covered on both ends.
Louis: They're covered on both ends because you are definitely tied in.
Your internal network is also tied in to your Cloud network as well.
Interviewer: Sure.
Louis: Compromise on either end will [inaudible 02:30] the results
[inaudible 02:32] network infrastructure.
Interviewer: Sure. And then the other component in this obviously is data
backup. It's making sure it's done. If someone were to tell you, again,
same one were to come to you and says, "I'm concerned about security," but
they also want to make sure just in case something happens that their data
is backed up. As a Cloud provider, what solace can you give them saying
that, "Don't worry. We're going to take care of this all the time. Your
data is always going to be backed up. It's always going to be secure. If
you need it, it's there."
Louis: Right. Well, that's the beauty of the Cloud is that the data is
backed up, and you have to make sure when you speak to a Cloud provider
that this is definitely happening from their end. So, that's the first
thing we would want to chat with them when you bring your stuff to the
Cloud when somebody provides that service to you.