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Mar 08

## [The Myth of “Staying One Step Ahead of the Hackers”](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/the-myth-of-staying-one-step-ahead-of-the-hackers)

 The assumption that software security can stay ahead of the hackers is not true because the software security industry is always reacting to threats that hackers expose. Once hackers start exploiting a flaw in an application, security companies try to block the resulting threat by providing security updates for existing software or by developing new programs. Either...

March 08, 2018 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/the-myth-of-staying-one-step-ahead-of-the-hackers#comments-listing) [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Breach](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/breach), [Data Masking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-masking), [hacking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/hacking) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

[![Court Rulings Limit Privacy Protections From Data Residency](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/court.jpg)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/court-rulings-limit-privacy-protections-from-data-residency)

Aug 27

## [Court Rulings Limit Privacy Protections From Data Residency](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/court-rulings-limit-privacy-protections-from-data-residency)

 Jurisdictions around the world, including the European Union and Canada, are enacting laws and creating regulations forcing companies that collect personally identifiable information (PII) to store the data of their residents within their national boundaries. This concept is known as data residency and the idea is that local privacy laws will apply to data stored...

August 27, 2017 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/court-rulings-limit-privacy-protections-from-data-residency#comments-listing) [Personal Data Protection](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/personal-data-protection), [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [data residency](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-residency) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

[![Should You Encrypt Data Before it Goes to the Cloud?](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/Encrypt%20in%20Cloud-1.jpg)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/should-you-encrypt-data-before-it-goes-to-the-cloud)

Jun 14

## [Should You Encrypt Data Before it Goes to the Cloud?](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/should-you-encrypt-data-before-it-goes-to-the-cloud)

 American cloud service providers such as Microsoft are opening local data centers in foreign countries at the request of the respective foreign governments and customers located in those countries. The thinking behind this strategy is that data located in a particular country is subject to the country’s data privacy laws, which may be different from those in effect in...

June 14, 2017 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/should-you-encrypt-data-before-it-goes-to-the-cloud#comments-listing) [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [data residency](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-residency), [Cloud threats](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/cloud-threats), [encryption](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/encryption) [By CloudMask Team](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/cloudmask)

[![Does Data Residency Reduce Cloud Risks?](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/Data%20Resedency%20Riks.png)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/does-data-residency-reduce-cloud-risks)

May 21

## [Does Data Residency Reduce Cloud Risks?](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/does-data-residency-reduce-cloud-risks)

 Countries are establishing data residency regulation to protect private and classified data generated from their citizen by mandating storing this information within that country (the country of origin). The theory is that the laws of the country in which the data is stored apply to that data. Large cloud providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce are opening cloud...

May 21, 2017 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/does-data-residency-reduce-cloud-risks#comments-listing) [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Compliance](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/compliance), [data residency](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-residency) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

[![Tokenization, Encryption and Data Sovereignty...](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Tokenization_vs_Encryption.png)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/tokenization-encryption-and-data-sovereignty)

Mar 01

## [Tokenization, Encryption and Data Sovereignty...](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/tokenization-encryption-and-data-sovereignty)

 Tokenization is the process of replacing a sensitive data element with a random equivalent, referred to as a token that has no extrinsic or exploitable meaning. The token is a reference that maps back to the original sensitive data through a tokenization system. Both original sensitive data and token are stored encrypted in a secure database. Reversing this process by...

March 01, 2016 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/tokenization-encryption-and-data-sovereignty#comments-listing) [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Data Masking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-masking), [Tokenization](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/tokenization), [cyber threats](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/cyber-threats), [encryption](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/encryption) [By CloudMask Team](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/cloudmask)

[![Data privacy overseas: Germany to investigate U.S. businesses](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/brafton_images/American-organizations-should-double-down-on-data-security-with-encryption-and-implement-new-data-protection-strategies-in-light-of-data-privacy-m.jpg)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-privacy-overseas-germany-to-investigate-u.s.-businesses)

Oct 30

## [Data privacy overseas: Germany to investigate U.S. businesses](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-privacy-overseas-germany-to-investigate-u.s.-businesses)

 American organizations should double down on data security with encryption and implement new data protection strategies in light of data privacy movements overseas. The Safe Harbor ruling certainly introduced a wrench into the typical enterprise's data security strategy, as it essentially dissolved a long-standing agreement between the U.S. and EU in regard to data...

October 30, 2015 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-privacy-overseas-germany-to-investigate-u.s.-businesses#comments-listing) [Personal Data Protection](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/personal-data-protection), [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Compliance](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/compliance), [data privacy](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-privacy) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

[![Data privacy disaster: Safe harbor agreement struck down](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/European_Union_Hitting_United_States_With_A_Heavy_med_ThinkstockPhotos-482771124.jpg)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-privacy-disaster-safe-harbor-agreement-struck-down)

Oct 09

## [Data privacy disaster: Safe harbor agreement struck down](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-privacy-disaster-safe-harbor-agreement-struck-down)

 The safe harbor agreement is a key component of conducting business overseas, but all that has changed. Data privacy and trans-Atlantic relationships have been protected by the "safe harbor" agreement since 2000. This joint decision made by the European Union and the United States government stated that U.S.-based businesses could send EU citizens' data back to American...

October 09, 2015 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/data-privacy-disaster-safe-harbor-agreement-struck-down#comments-listing) [Personal Data Protection](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/personal-data-protection), [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Compliance](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/compliance), [data privacy](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-privacy) [By Wael Aggan](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/wael-aggan)

[![The cloud and compliance: Maintaining balance in the legal sector](https://www.cloudmask.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Legal%20cybersecurity-regulation.jpg)](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/cloud-compliance-data-protection-under-breachthe-cloud-and-compliance-maintaining-balance-in-the-legal-secto)

Oct 21

## [The cloud and compliance: Maintaining balance in the legal sector](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/cloud-compliance-data-protection-under-breachthe-cloud-and-compliance-maintaining-balance-in-the-legal-secto)

 Law firms need to balance compliance with the cloud in an age when both are critical to success. The cloud has become a fundamental part of business, and thanks to the cost-efficiency, scalability, and agility that these systems and services offer, it won't be going away anytime soon. From storage to computing, every organization in a variety of sectors has empowered...

October 21, 2014 [Leave a comment](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/cloud-compliance-data-protection-under-breachthe-cloud-and-compliance-maintaining-balance-in-the-legal-secto#comments-listing) [Data Sovereignty](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-sovereignty), [Compliance](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/compliance), [Breach](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/breach), [Legal](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/legal), [Data Masking](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/topic/data-masking) [By CloudMask Team](https://www.cloudmask.com/blog/author/cloudmask)

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