Knowledge Series

Quickly register to gain access to the PerspecSys Knowledge Series, a set of whitepapers and executive briefs that highlight data privacy, security and residency challenges companies face as they make the move to the cloud. Materials include:

NEW - Secure Your Data in the Cloud DMH Stallard’s Report states industry surveys consistently show that data security is the number one concern when it comes to cloud adoption. In this report they answer key questions people are asking about cloud solutions and interview key individuals in the industry.
Data Privacy Laws and Cloud Adoption in Australia The Australian cloud industry has incredible growth potential, but adoption has been slowed by concern over the comparatively less stringent international data privacy laws. This paper highlights current data privacy regulations in this region, affecting both Australia and New Zealand and how tokenization or encryption can enable both countries to ensure sensitive data is secured and protected in cloud applications.

Critical Questions to Ask Cloud Protection Gateway Providers Security and IT professionals need to focus on critically analyzing vendors’ marketing and solution claims to ensure the technologies offered truly deliver the data privacy, security, and compliance results needed by their organizations. This paper helps guide the analysis.
Cloud Expansion in the UK In the UK, cloud expansion and data privacy issues are subject to the laws and guidelines of the European Union as well as the UK’s Data Protection Act of 1998. This paper highlights the issues and discusses the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently released guidelines on how cloud computing and cloud applications can comply with the regulations.
Data Privacy and Compliance in the Cloud An in-depth report on how cloud data encryption and tokenization satisfy industry mandates and legal regulations associated with protecting sensitive data in cloud SaaS applications.
Data Privacy Laws and Cloud Expansion in China Cloud expansion is a strategic growth area in China, but data privacy laws must be addressed for enterprises to maximize the  vast market potential. This 2-page brief highlights cloud expansion plans and the data protection environment in China and discusses how tokenization solutions will help address the data privacy issues, allowing for full regulatory compliance when using SaaS applications.
Solving Privacy, Residency and Security in the Cloud This paper defines key data privacy, residency and security concerns that are slowing cloud adoption and presents innovative technologies that can address these issues.
International Privacy Laws Enterprises must adhere to a complex array of privacy laws in the jurisdictions they – or their cloud provider – operate in. This paper highlights some of the key data privacy legislation around the globe.
Encryption for Cloud Data Protection This paper offers a high-level overview of encryption as a data protection and obfuscation technique in the cloud. It also discusses the FIPS 140-2 validation certification, required by the federal government and used by many commercial entities as well.
Tokenization for Cloud Data Protection This paper offers a high-level overview of tokenization as a data protection and obfuscation technique in the cloud. It also discusses the PCI Data Security Council’s tokenization standards.
Data Residency and Compliance Issues 1-page description of the market challenges around data residency and compliance that PerspecSys addresses for enterprises and public sector organizations.
German Data Privacy Germany has been highlighted in many articles as a country where legislation makes moving to the cloud particularly difficult. Learn why this is the case and see how PerspecSys can address these challenges.