Data Encryption

Reduce Risk With Data Encryption

Data encryption can be applied in many ways from full disk encryption, to ‘per record’ encryption on public facing databases and web applications.

Data encryption assists to reduce risk across a number scenarios including:

• Stolen data from hacking. By managing encryption keys in a hardware security module, even if a hacker copies all data, the data will never be decrypted without the cyber criminal physically accessing the premises where your data is kept .
• Accidental data leak protection. There are too many ways for data to be copied for traditional Data Loss Protection (DLP) software to be fully effective. This is where per file encryption controls the capability to decrypt a file, which means data can be safely ‘leaked’ anywhere, as long as the decryption keys are managed properly.
• Internal digital rights management. If an employee has a right to view a file, it can be difficult to revoke that right in the future because the employee may have made a copy outside of company control. However, only giving employees encrypted copies and software to manage decryption can render any copies useless even if they have been copied.
• Mobile device protection. Even mobile devices which don’t store corporate data usually have sensitive information in the form of reversible passwords for everything including email, active directory and Software as a Service (SaaS) services like Salesforce. With one in nine people using ‘1234’ as their pin, in-built security isn’t sufficient. Safe, encrypted spaces are needed to access corporate assets. 

Data encryption plays a major role in securing almost all modern enterprises. However, if you want to implement it without impacting your end users ability to work and collaborate freely, you need to tap into the right experience and knowledge.

This is where Content Security has a mature methodology when it comes to tailoring data encryption services. It entails performing a data-flow analysis and risk assessment. We then design a formal architecture to ensure we capture your encryption requirements and implement the lightest effective encryption possible.

If you want to protect your data no matter where it is or who has it, contact us today for a free consultation with our expert security architects.