Friday, July 11, 2014

More than a third of security pros sending sensitive data without encryption (trust noone...)

Despite headline-making breaches that have called attention to the importance of data encryption, nearly 36% of IT security professionals admit to sending sensitive data outside of their organisations without using any form of encryption to protect it, a new survey from Voltage Security reveals.

 'This statistic is cause for alarm, particularly given that encryption provides protection for companies against cyber criminals, competing companies and even governments; it is the key to keeping sensitive data away from prying eyes,' said Terence Spies, CTO at Voltage Security. 'Encrypting data at the source means that hackers or malicious actors will not be able to see or use the information, even if they do manage to intercept it.'

 The survey was conducted at a recent European IT security exhibition by data-centric security specialist Voltage Security, and looked at the attitudes of more than 200 IT professionals towards encryption, big data security and EU data privacy regulations.

read full article at InformationAge

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