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Security Considerations When Moving to Database as a Service

Attracted by a range of benefits, including ease of management and predictable costs, companies are increasingly shifting mission-critical databases to the cloud. And while some may express concerns about the security of Database as a Service (DBaaS), a managed cloud deployment can bring security benefits as well. ScyllaDB vice president https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzach/ told The New Stack that for his company, as for any good DBaaS vendor, security is a top priority.

Another way to get a sense of a provider’s security, Livyatan suggested, is to ask for their latest security event report.

On the other hand, you do lose one thing that’s central to security when you rely on automation and cloud services.