The Apple iCloud account that remotely stores your personal information just got a bit more secure. Earlier this week, Apple announced that it would be rolling out a new two-step verification process for the cloud-based service. Now anything from your mobile devices that you save to the cloud will be further protected from any hackers looking to take your data. While this process has been available in some countries for several months, it will now be much more widely-available for international Apple users.

iCloud stores a multitude of items for each registered user, including back-ups of email, photos, contacts and other basic information. The two-step process is being upgraded and expanded - before this week, it was only available in 11 countries, now this number is nearly 60. The process works by requiring a person to type in both their account password and a four-digit code provided to each individual directly by Apple. Without these two pieces entered, users will not be able to access their iCloud accounts.

The initial stages of the two-step verification process were first created toward the end of 2013, when there were cases reported of people's iCloud accounts being compromised and stolen from. Apple responded seriously to the incidents, wanting to beef up the security that they provide for every person that owns an Apple device and uses the iCloud to back up and store their data. Now, this two-step process is more widely available for the general public.

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