The encryption vs. tokenization battle sometimes seems as fierce as the war between Pepsi and Coke, or the Cubs versus the White Sox. A lot has been written recently about securing data in the cloud, and the merits of the two methodologies are constantly being debated. The good news is that an argument over which is superior is far better than the alternative — no data protection in the cloud. Securing data while in storage or in transit is mandatory in today’s business climate. Implementing data security to protect sensitive information is becoming the norm.