Keeping data secure is the law for many commercial and private organizations. If any sensitive information is stolen or lost, the organization may suffer some serious consequences. There are various types of security methods to consider, but data encryption is, by far, the most effective protection.
Employee and client information is valuable intellectual property that needs to be protected and secure. Your organization depends on it. If this information is stolen or accessed by the wrong person, there is a lot of damage that can be done.
Firewalls and security software do protect important data and keep threats out of your database or system. But there are intruders that can target your information. With data encryption, your information can’t be viewed. It was first used as a military solution, and now, it is used publicly as data encryption is easy to use and very secure.
Data encryption does decrease potential threats and security issues. Ensure that everyone in your organization is aware of your security policies. It allows your organization to keep their documents secure at all times.
Whether your sensitive data is stored on your computer, laptop, removable storage media, or on an email server, data encryption protects your information. If you’re working from home or away from the office, you can access sensitive information securely. If your electronic device is stolen, all of your data will be kept safe.
Always choose a security measure that affects your organization positively. Data encryption should allow your organization to operate smoothly while securing important information inside and outside of the office.
Overall, data encryption offers many benefits and provides solid protection against potential acts of threats or theft. It’s also efficient, easy to use, and affordable. Sensitive information should always be protected by data encryption to ensure the utmost security within your organization.
Great article David.
Encrypting information can be as simple as making sure your Outlook PST file is encrypted. Most people don’t realize that if they have an un-encrypted PST file, it can be imported into any email client, and all emails can be viewed as if they were sitting at your PC. Take that 1 step further, how would the information in there allow me to escalate an attack on your system…
Like I said before, great article, love reading your blog, keep it up 🙂
Ron
On an individual scale, I think my online banking makes use of data encryption. The only thing I can think of that might benefit greatly from data encryption are my personal documents. I know some cloud storage service can offer data encrytion but I’m not sure what else a person can do to benefit such feature aside from choosing services that has it.
Hello. This is an old post. I am just wondering what kind of security you can really reach today with encryption. With the National Security Agency, the FBI and other obscure secret USA spy services lurking over our data. Is it really enough to encrypt data today? Is it really worth the money anymore?
It is always good to have deterrents and don’t use plain text. You can never be 100% secure. Free programs like TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org have come a long way and are highly recommended. Also encrypted VPNs for remote connections and SSL certificates for websites.
Really informative post. I’ve been working with a decent amount of data in the past few days for my internship and I understand how important it is for these data to be protected and secure.
It’s really necessary to encrypt your data properly to keep it from getting into wrong hands.
I have only fully appreciate the pro’s of data encryption when I started working for my current company. They are very particular with data encryption as it is their and their client intellectual property.
I was a slacking about putting encryption on my personal laptop and phone before since this means a lot of time encrypting the drives and passwords to remember and also in my mind, “What could go wrong?” or “Is my data will be even useful to them?”. But the recent events of identity theft convinced me that encrypting your data, personal or work, should always be done to ensure your safety from this malicious attackers.
Insightful share! I have very little understanding on how this works on an individual level. I know that the IT people all know how important it is to protect sensitive information, but I tend to think that it happens automatically as we join a network. The same goes for screening and checking for spam. From what I have been reading, they are set automatically now. Guess I have to read up on this topic some more.