In a cloud environment, encryption should be used for all the following, except:

Long-term storage of data (data at rest) is a primary use case for encryption to protect against unauthorized access to persistent data.

Near-term storage of virtualized images requires encryption to protect intellectual property and sensitive configuration information within the images.

Secure sessions/VPNs rely on encryption (data in transit) to protect the confidentiality and integrity of communications between endpoints over untrusted networks.

Profile formatting refers to the structure or syntax of a user profile or data, which is a conceptual process or standard and not data itself that can be encrypted. Encryption applies to data at rest, data in transit, or data in use to protect its confidentiality and integrity, not its format.