The main attraction to cloud based storage is the fact that
users have the ability to access their information from wherever they maybe all
over the globe. A consideration to this excellent service however is the degree
to how safe using cloud computing actually is. The latest development in
securing the cloud storage feature is the introduction of biometric recognition
which is being implemented by BioID. This will be specific to Intel’s SSO and
has been set out for users just earlier this month. Biometric scans will not
require for you to always have access to a finger print reader or any other
scanner for that matter in fact it will run of any camera which may be
available to you such as a webcam or the webcams integrated in most laptops
which are available to day.
A new visual
Recently the changes in SaaS applications have been giving
several firms difficulties in regard to correctly taking care of a safe Cloud
experience. The large numbers of identity stores, security approaches and
access policies have made securing the situation that much more difficult.
Intel has existed longer than anyone of the competition in this field and hence
that is why BioID has taken Intel to be the first client it will be providing
this solution to. This Biometric system will differ from others like it in the
fact that it uses the live detection technology, this means that the system
will be fool proof to photo’s or images being used as a scan to access data.
The users will have to use a camera phone or any other source to get their
faces detected in real time to gain access.
Sounds good in
theory
On paper the entire approach appears to be a promising one
as users now no longer have to be concerned about things such as keylogger being active an a
foreign system which they may be using to access their data from the Cloud.
Other harmful software such as spyware which takes note of keystrokes or take
any other strategy to figure out the users Cloud credentials will all be of no use
as cloud storage will no longer require users to access their data through such
a channel. Intel SSO will be the new gateway through which users have to make
their way to get their data stored on the cloud and it sounds to be a very
secure, simple and easy to use approach.
Probable
limitations
This is a great step forward when speaking of securing
certain data, though another problem lies in the fact that the data itself is
stored on a server somewhere else and has to be accessed online. It is understood
that software such as brute force attacks or key loggers will be of no use
since there is no key or code to uncover or decrypt however as one is inside
their account on cloud and viewing their information which is remotely stored
they are using an internet connection. This means that if someone was to
attempt to use spyware which would allow the browsers history to be stored;
they have in a way gained access. More so software such as Firesheep are
designed to intercept data packets, once again doing the same job of providing
someone with the valuable data with out having to break in themselves. It may
not grant them access to all the data of the user on the cloud though the data
which was visited during one spell will be able to be viewed as the pages themselves
are what would have been stored or transmitted. In this respect hackers and
others with the same mind set can gain access to information you may have
stored and have accessed.
Guest post by : Natalia David
Author Bio:
Author Bio:
Natalia David, a blogger by profession an author significantly
contributes towards PC security, android spy software and
iPhone
spyware. If you want to know more about Natalia you can follow her on twitter @NataliaDavid4
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