Security, privacy, and encryption
Security and privacy should be a major focus of any type of database design. There are some basic areas that need to be taken into account while choosing the design for databases:
- Data breaches, loss, and corruption: This includes design considerations to plan and assess your choices for data protection and back-up to prepare for factors such as hardware failure, software errors, human error, or natural disasters.
- Data privacy: This includes considerations to comply with data privacy regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Data security: This includes ensuring your databases and data are secure and encrypted.
Here are some tips for mitigating cloud database security and privacy concerns:
- Choose a reputable cloud provider: When choosing a cloud provider, it is important to choose one that has a good reputation for security, and is a solution that encrypts your data and dependencies in transit...