Organisations fail to encrypt sensitive data, shows Infosecurity Europe survey

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224164/Organisations-fail-to-encrypt-sensitive-data-shows-Infosecurity-Europe-survey

By Warwick Ashford
ComputerWeekly.com
09 July 2014

More than a third of organisations are failing to encrypt sensitive data 
sent outside their systems, a survey has revealed.

Nearly 36% of more than 200 security professionals, polled at Infosecurity 
Europe 2014 in London, admitted their organisations are not using 
encryption for sharing sensitive data.

"This statistic is cause for alarm, particularly given that encryption 
provides protection for companies against cyber criminals, competing 
companies and even governments," said Terence Spies, CTO of Voltage 
Security, the company that conducted the survey.

"Encryption is the key to keeping sensitive data away from prying eyes 
because 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."

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