Mitigating Risks of Cloud Computing with SSL Certificates

Businesses are increasingly turning to cloud computing for flexibility, cost savings, and a new range of services offered by cloud vendors. The users of cloud computing services and cloud vendors have a shared responsibility to protect private and confidential information. Mitigation of the security risks associated with cloud computing involves:

• Protecting data moving into and out of the cloud
• Protecting data at rest in the cloud
• Authenticating servers in the cloud

Together, these three applications of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technologies provide fundamental protections essential for ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of data in the cloud.