A number of vendors are taking the position they will assume little or no liability for the cloud providers they choose to use. The use of encryption may provide at least a partial solution to two of them: confidentiality and integrity. Encrypt on the customer side using encryption means selected by the customer before transmitting data to the vendor. Encryption is one of the cornerstones of information security in the world, says John Defterios. The answer is to handle encryption themselves, he says, and find a cloud service where the customer can take control of encryption.”]