Privacy Regulations and Cloud Backup: What You Need to Know

With the growing number of privacy regulations around the world, it's becoming increasingly important to protect the information you collect about your customers and prospects.

For instance, in the United States, many states have enacted the Personal Information Protection Act. In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) law took effect in 2000, and has been updated several times. In Europe, the EU Data Protection Directive was recently changed to reflect greater privacy concerns.

What all these regulations have in common is the need to become more vigilant with the private data you obtain from the people you do business with. And also that if you backup a database that contains sensitive client information, you must make sure your backup can't be comprised by a third-party.

Depending on your risk, forced regulation, or tolerance for liability, KineticD can offer you two options to protect your data:

• KineticCloud: A public cloud solution hosted by KineticD.
• KineticCloud for MSPs: A private cloud solution deployed in your data center - with secondary private encryption keys - that's managed by your company.

Serious About Protecting Your Data

KineticD knows how important your sensitive data is to the well-being of your business. That's why we surround your information with the most stringent safety measures on the market, such as:

• Data center: Your data is stored within the shelter of a SSAE 16 certified data center.
• Encryption of data during backup: During the backup process, all your files are first secured with a 448-bit Blowfish encryption key, and then transferred to our data center using a secure SSL connection.
• Encryption of data on KineticD servers: All your backed-up data maintains the 448-bit Blowfish encryption while stored "at rest" in our data center.
• Physical security: KineticD servers are located in a Tier 3 data center protected by gated perimeter access, 24/7/365 on-site security and technicians, electronic card key access, and strategically placed security cameras inside and outside the building.
• Remote/offsite backup: KineticD is an automated remote or offsite backup service. A key component in any disaster recovery plan includes protection against hardware failure, theft, virus attack, accidental deletion, and natural disasters.
• Logical access: Your backed-up data may be accessed via the Web-based KineticD administrative console by supplying a valid password.