Now that we understand the common threats facing organizations and how to select the right solution for data-at-rest encryption (DaRE), what’s the next step in your data encryption journey?
Encrypting data is the relatively easy part of the solution, but securely managing keys is a major challenge. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), “Keys are analogous to the combination of a safe. If an adversary knows the combination, the strongest safe provides no security against penetration. Similarly, poor key management may easily compromise strong algorithms.”