I am a big advocate of encryption. It is such a great tool for protecting sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII), particularly for such data that moves…while on mobile devices, storage devices, and while being transmitted through networks. Historically it was a challenge to implement.
In the past few years implementation has been getting much easier, and continues to improve. However, it is still no surprise, but yet a disappointment, that a recent study from Credant Technologies, Inc., yes, an encryption solution vendor, found that out of 426 IT practitioners interviewed throughout the world, 88% know sensitive data and PII is on their personnel’s mobile computers, but the only 20% have deployed encryption for such devices. Note the encryption is deployed; I would bet that the actual amount of PII and sensitive data encrypted on those devices is actually much lower.

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I am a big advocate of encryption. It is such a great tool for protecting sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII), particularly for such data that moves…while on mobile devices, storage devices, and while being transmitted through networks. Historically it was a challenge to implement.
In the past few years implementation has been getting much easier, and continues to improve. However, it is still no surprise, but yet a disappointment, that a recent study from Credant Technologies, Inc., yes, an encryption solution vendor, found that out of 426 IT practitioners interviewed throughout the world, 88% know sensitive data and PII is on their personnel’s mobile computers, but the only 20% have deployed encryption for such devices. Note the encryption is deployed; I would bet that the actual amount of PII and sensitive data encrypted on those devices is actually much lower.

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