Amazon Web Services – Cloud Storage

Amazon Web Services or AWS offers cloud storage for businesses, this can be a cheaper and easier method of storage and managing data for many businesses. I heard about it a while ago but decided to learn more by visiting amazons AWS website. Basically cloud storage means that you can pay a company (such as Amazon) to manage and store your data remotely. This permits you to not have to deal with managing your own data center. This appeals to businesses because it can be very expensive and use a lot of resources like time and people to keep a data center running smoothly and securely. Technology in big data is getting more complex and the physical hardware that you would need to mange your own data base needs to be replaced every few years which gets very expensive and requires work on the business’s end. If you need more storage space, you can get it at anytime. My question though for cloud storage solutions is, how secure is your data if you let a third party such as Amazon manage it for you? According to “logicworks.com” AWS is PCI “level 1” compliant, and level 1 compliant means that AWS is very secure in terms of the payment card industry (highest level of compliance to PCI). What can you find about the security that cloud services provide?

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How Secure is AWS Cloud for Retailers and eCommerce?

https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-cloud-storage/

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