Some of the largest organisations across the globe have been in the news for having their data stolen by hackers. One of the most common sources of breaches is data being taken from Cloud Object Stores. These organisations have been hit with multi-million dollar fines from regulators and incur irreparable damage to their brand. Given the countless security options available on cloud Object Stores, why are they the root of so many data breaches?
Data breaches can occur in various ways. This article will focus on breaches where the data is taken from cloud Object Stores.
What is an Object Store?
An Object Store is a cost-effective, scalable service that can store any sort of file. Organisations use them to house globally access files that may or may not contain sensitive data. Objects Stores are high available so data is always accessible when required and extremely durable preventing data loss.
Object Stores have many uses such as:
- Providing a location for the upload or download of data
- Store process inputs, outputs, temporary and data files
