Is Google Cloud secure?

Cd1986 · 20 May 2012 at 21:01

Is Google Drive secure?

I have been considering a NAS or HP Microserver for a while now but have decided that i don't really need it as cloud storage would be fine. I'm thinking about the 25gb Google Cloud option for $4.99 per month. Is Google Drive secure though? Company accounts files would be the most sensitive files.

yashiro · 20 May 2012 at 21:13

Cd1986 · 20 May 2012 at 21:14

Cloud services aren't secure?

The1nonly1 · 20 May 2012 at 22:27

I would go for the NAS, I have one on my network and it works great

PistolPete · 20 May 2012 at 23:01

Cd1986 said:
Cloud services aren't secure?

Depends what you mean by secure.
Personally I would not trust sensitive info to a 3rd party.

feck199 · 21 May 2012 at 10:49

I gave in awhile ago, used to be a lot more careful with my data. Then thought sod it' google can look after it all.

FreeStream · 21 May 2012 at 12:35

If you upload it encrypted then I see no reason why not.

Local storage would be the safest, you would need other copies off-site tho.

Cd1986 · 21 May 2012 at 13:05

Interesting that there seems to be a clear split in opinions here. The way i see it, there are two options:

1) Pay £200+ for a synology NAS and HDD and have the possibility of slow transfer over wifi (I tried a cheap Zyxel NSA310 and the transfer rates were ridiculously slow)

2) Pay $2.49/month for 25gb on Google Drive.

if security on cloud services isn't an issue, it's a no-brainer. I considered using TrueCrypt to set up an encrypted volume on the Google Drive but didn't know if this would cause sync problems. If i do that, will it sync properly and can i just mount the volume as normal with TrueCrypt?