When it comes to cloud applications, enterprises have an encryption gap. Encrypting data while it is in storage is straightforward, even if many companies are still neglecting to do it. So is encrypting data while it is in transit. But what about data in use?
For a cloud application to be able to do anything with the data, it has to see the data in plain-text form. That means that an attacker or insider with access to the application’s environment can look over its shoulder, so to speak, and read the data.
