How Safe is The Cloud?

The cloud has been met with some scepticism, with most people's concerns centred on the security of their personal information. The reputation of every cloud service provider hinges on offering the highest possible level of service to their customers, which is why we take these concerns very seriously.

 

They have done everything they can to ensure that customers' information is safe and secure when it is stored on the cloud.

 

 

As a result of the physical security being certified to Tier 3 information centre criteria, all access must be requested by email from a pre-setup authorised domain and a pre-setup authorised contact list. In order to gain onsite access, you must enter an access code and a picture identification card with your picture. Racks are locked and only open to authorised personnel upon request by staff at the information centre.

 

The information stored in a cloud solution is replicated in two ways, which means that there are always two copies of the data stored on separate physical storage devices. Everything is also backed up daily to a second location away from the original location, where it is reproduced in both directions. Data about clients is therefore kept in a more secure environment than what they have on their own website.

 

A managed IT services provider retains complete ownership rights to the information they store for clients, and if the information is to be transferred elsewhere, they have the ability to provide copies of all the virtual machines that host their data.

 

This means that the cloud provider owns the entire infrastructure, therefore no cloud environment exists on any other company's systems at all. Cloud services are only accessible through private WANs or VPN connections set up by the corporation or one of its preferred partners. Additionally, Tier 3 data centre specifications guarantee availability levels of 99.982%, so you can rest assured that your data will be accessible whenever you need it.

 

 

There are numerous benefits to using a managed cloud system, including:

 

The cloud environment has no single point of failure.

 

Only the most cutting-edge technologies can keep our planet in top shape.

 

Rather than making large capital investments every three to five years, financial directors might plan ahead by utilising long-term operational costs.

 

If you have a flexible standard approach, you can adjust the environment on a monthly basis to meet your changing requirements.

 

Dedicated VMWare certified experts are available to clients around the clock to handle any issues that may arise.

 

With the managed services solution, every virtual server will be completely managed by a dedicated team of Microsoft certified engineers, who may also rely on professionals in other domains such as Citrix, Novell, Cisco, and others.

 

Hosted virtual environments also offer clients protection from internet and internal network threats, thanks to the best-of-breed Cisco and Checkpoint firewall and IPS devices that are included in the hosting environment's infrastructure.

In addition to cloud services and managed networks, Selection IT provides managed IT services to help organisations set up, administer and maintain their IT infrastructure.