CLOUD STORAGE 101Joyce Brafford

NCBA Center for Practice Management

WHAT IS

CLOUD

STORAGE?Remote

Backed Up

Several Servers

Available Over the Internet

WHY USE THE CLOUD?

• Increased Access

• Easy to Share

• Improved Security

WHY WORRY?

• Edward Snowden

Revelations

• Recalibrate Your

Baseline for Security

• Encryption is Essential

• Protocol for Cloud

Storage

ETHICS

OPINIONReview terms and policies,

and if necessary re-

negotiate, to ensure they're

consistent with ethical

obligations.

Evaluate vendor's security

measures and backup

strategy.

Ensure data can be

retrieved if vendor shuts

down or lawyer wishes to

VENDORS

GOOGLE DRIVE FOR

BUSINESS

• Free for Personal Use. Must pay for

Business Use

• 10/User/month

• Audited, Encrypted, Secure

• Built for Teams

DROPBOX FOR BUSINESS

• $15/User/Month

• Unlimited Reversion History to Recover

Documents

• Sharing Controls

• Encrypted and Secure

ONE DRIVE FOR BUSINESS

• $1.99/User/Month

• Version Control

• New Mobile Apps

• Highly Secure

CITRIX SHAREFILE

• $16/User/Month

• Share with work colleagues and clients

• Manage Access

• Very Secure

BOX

• $15/User/Month

• Unlimited Storage

• File Locking

• Version History

MOZY

• $9.99/User/Month

• 10 GB

• Automatic Backup- Great Solution

WHICH

SOLUTION IS

FOR YOU?Pricing

Size

Back Ups

Encryption

QUESTIONS?Joyce Brafford

jbrafford@ncbar.org