{"id":2223,"date":"2011-06-30T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2011-06-30T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T15:00:01","slug":"security-compliance-and-threat-of-data-breaches-drive-increased-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-compliance-and-threat-of-data-breaches-drive-increased-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"Security: Compliance and Threat of Data Breaches Drive Increased Encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent hacker exploits at companies and government organizations like\u00a0Lockheed Martin<\/a>, Sony PlayStation<\/a>, GMail <\/a>and the Canadian Government<\/a> lead one to the conclusion that once a computer system is attached to a network, \u00a0it really can’t be 100% safe.<\/p>\n

The Ponemon Institute reports <\/a>that in 2010 88 percent of organizations report having at least one data breach. \u00a025 percent of organizations actually have five or more data breaches occur during 2010. \u00a0The report points to a significant correlation between the increased number of data breaches and the increased use of mobile and remote access to computer systems.<\/p>\n

The statistics are sobering, \u00a0but in an increasingly interconnected world, cutting off access from all networks doesn’t seem to be a viable solution, at least for most organizations and projects.<\/p>\n

In an effort to fight back, a second wall of defense if being put up at many organization — encryption. \u00a0Even if if the first layer of computer access is penetrated, encrypted data will be useless to any hacker. \u00a0The adoption of encryption is growing along with the scope of the data that is being encrypted. \u00a084 percent of companies now say that they encrypt some portion of the data that they maintain.<\/p>\n

Among the organizations using encryption, Ponemon found that the breakdown of the types of encryption is being used across organizations is as follows:<\/p>\n