As a vital security technology Data encryption helps to ensure that information is authentic and hasn’t been altered. Data encryption algorithms convert plaintext to ciphertext that can only be deciphered by using decryption keys. Furthermore, data encryption protects against malicious or accidental data corruption when it’s transmitted between systems and storage locations.
IBM offers a range of encryption technologies for data to help safeguard your company’s sensitive data. Our solutions include file and database encryption and data at rest encryption for cloud and on-premises environments, as well as secure key management systems. Our solutions assist you with data protection and compliance goals while reducing the cost and difficulty of implementing security improvements.
With more employees working data privacy: a top priority in today’s business landscape remotely using data encryption, the rest of the time helps protect data from unauthorized access, such as lost or stolen devices as well as inadvertent sharing of passwords and permission granted. It also helps to reduce the effects of ransomware attacks, malware infections, and remote deletion of data.
To implement a successful strategy for data encryption, you must start with a strong and adaptable solution, and then deploy it throughout your organization. The ideal data encryption solution will be transparent, meaning that it can encrypt data without any human intervention and also provides industry-leading encryption standards that are strong against attacks such as side-channel attacks and cryptanalysis. The solution should be scalable enough to accommodate the growing volume of data and be user-friendly to reduce the impact on productivity of employees. You also need to control the encryption keys so that they are safe from social engineering, phishing and other attacks.