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ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackay

The Top 15 Countries for Safe Data Storage

October 15, 2016 by Mengxue Ni 1 Comment

The top 15 safest nations are:

  1. Switzerland (Data risk score – 1.6 percent)
  2. Singapore (1.9)
  3. Iceland (2.3)
  4. Luxembourg (2.6)
  5. Hong Kong (3.6)
  6. Taiwan (3.9)
  7. Austria (5.2)
  8. New Zealand (5.2)
  9. Portugal (6.9)
  10. Denmark (7.6)
  11. Finland (7.6)
  12. Lithuania (7.6)
  13. Norway (7.9)
  14. Sweden (7.9)
  15. South Korea (8.3)

The benchmark identified Switzerland as the least risky nation for data storage with the lowest “potential risk score” of 1.6 percent. There is a risk map (https://www.artmotion.eu/risk-map/) which includs170 countries and shows Switzerland is the safest nation and Somalia is the least safe nation. CEO of Artmotion said: “More than ever, it is important for businesses and individuals to understand the impact that location can have on the privacy and security of their data. In the age of cloud computing, it’s easy to forget that every piece of information stored still requires a physical home, and that the geographic location of that home can have a serious impact on data privacy.”

link: http://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87494-the-top-15-countries-for-safe-data-storage

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  1. Noah J Berson says

    October 18, 2016 at 6:25 pm

    There are a lot of factors to consider when thinking about the physical location of data storage. This chart seems to combine three factors; infrastructure, politics, and natural disasters. The problem with an overall score like this is that it is only a good starting place to understand good locations. The real challenge is understanding how infrastructure, politics, and natural disaster risk weighs on the minds of your company’s board. If your company absolutely can’t take any political risks, such as a government peeking into your servers, there are certain countries that may receive very low overall scores for your needs.

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