A survey by Symantec has found that enterprises are having problems finding the right encryption key to their protected data. This has huge repercussions because, without the right key, the encrypted data is as good as gone. I mean, that's the point behind data encryption software like AlertBoot, right? No key, no access?
You've got to have been living under a rock if you haven't realized the importance of encryption software when it comes to securing data. Most enterprise-level companies, apparently, haven't been living under a rock: they use encryption in more places than ever. How could they not? Since 2003, many states and nations have passed breach notification laws. In many cases, the use of encryption provides safe harbor from sending these notification letters and alerts to the media. Same goes for organizations and agencies whose aim is self-policing its respective industry. And, for the most part, the general public seem to understand that the loss of encrypted data is not really considered a breach. And yet, the use of encryption is costing organizations an average of $125,000 each year, according to Symantec. The cost, in this case, does not come from encryption licenses and whatnot. No, the cost in this case stems from not being able to access the protected data. Why would you not be able to access data? For a number of reasons: An employee forgets his or her password (this is not as much of an issue if you have the capability to reset the password) An employee leaves the organization without divulging the password (or the key, if the encryption was done independently of the IT staff) The key becomes corrupted, so a backup has to be finagled from somewhere 48% of respondents noted that they've been unable to meet compliance requests because of improper key management.
You've got to have been living under a rock if you haven't realized the importance of encryption software when it comes to securing data. Most enterprise-level companies, apparently, haven't been living under a rock: they use encryption in more places than ever.
How could they not? Since 2003, many states and nations have passed breach notification laws. In many cases, the use of encryption provides safe harbor from sending these notification letters and alerts to the media. Same goes for organizations and agencies whose aim is self-policing its respective industry. And, for the most part, the general public seem to understand that the loss of encrypted data is not really considered a breach.
And yet, the use of encryption is costing organizations an average of $125,000 each year, according to Symantec. The cost, in this case, does not come from encryption licenses and whatnot. No, the cost in this case stems from not being able to access the protected data.
Why would you not be able to access data? For a number of reasons:
48% of respondents noted that they've been unable to meet compliance requests because of improper key management.
AlertBoot's disk encryption solution is built from the ground up to tackle the problem of managing encryption keys. As a managed service and a centrally-deployed solution, the way it works is this (simplified, of course): An installer is saved to the computer to be deployed with AlertBoot disk encryption. Via an internet connection, the installer makes a request to AlertBoot for an encryption key. This key is sent to the computer for on-the-fly disk encryption as well as stored in our servers -- paired with the correct computer, of course -- for backup purposes, allowing the failover nature of the cloud to ensure its safety and accessibility when necessary. Of course, AlertBoot does much more: its centralized, internet-based nature means you can easily compile reports for audits; easily keep track the progress of encryption deployments; and remotely manage individual computers' security state (or even lose the encryption key for security purposes for remote data wipes), among other things. But, encryption key management was one of the foremost things in mind when coming up with the product...and everything else flowed from that.
AlertBoot's disk encryption solution is built from the ground up to tackle the problem of managing encryption keys. As a managed service and a centrally-deployed solution, the way it works is this (simplified, of course):
An installer is saved to the computer to be deployed with AlertBoot disk encryption. Via an internet connection, the installer makes a request to AlertBoot for an encryption key. This key is sent to the computer for on-the-fly disk encryption as well as stored in our servers -- paired with the correct computer, of course -- for backup purposes, allowing the failover nature of the cloud to ensure its safety and accessibility when necessary.
Of course, AlertBoot does much more: its centralized, internet-based nature means you can easily compile reports for audits; easily keep track the progress of encryption deployments; and remotely manage individual computers' security state (or even lose the encryption key for security purposes for remote data wipes), among other things. But, encryption key management was one of the foremost things in mind when coming up with the product...and everything else flowed from that.
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