Dec 29, 2014
Data breaches will continue to rise. The increasing number of hackers breaching private data is in the foremost thoughts of every business and consumer today. From millions of credit cards and personal records stolen at Target, Staples, Home Depot, and TJX Retail Stores to private pictures ‘Snaps’ you thought were secure as previously advertised from Snap Chat. Now a new cyber attack on Sony Pictures is apparently in retaliation to prevent the release of The Interview, a comedy about the attempted assassination of the North Korean president. The cyber attackers have done everything in their power to inflict damage on Sony Pictures and according to a US official the attack resonated from North Korea. The cyber attackers released Sony Picture’s employee records, private company emails, commercial music, films, personal financial information and private employee records. As a result, Sony Pictures and three of the largest movie chains have decided to scale back and only allow for a limited release of The Interview in a small number of theaters and online outlets. The estimated cost of this cyber attack on Sony is estimated in the millions. How does this relate to syncing data? As a consumer, government entity, SMB or any large corporation you should work to limit the number of locations where data is stored within your private network and online applications. Storing data temporarily, even for brief amounts of time can still make your data susceptible to cyber theft, as was the case with Snap Chat private photos. When syncing data across multiple systems, most platforms today necessitate storing your private business and customer data in order to...
