Data breaches are caused by a plethora of threats conjured by cybercriminals. Their activities have far-reaching consequences for both businesses and their customers, with the biggest and most publicized breaches affecting hundreds of millions of people across the globe.
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A breach can cripple your company’s business and sink a hard-earned reputation for security and trustworthiness. In the face of a growing tide of security breaches in modern computer systems, companies need to evaluate the potential vulnerabilities.
One of the most common vulnerabilities is unencrypted data. The majority of data stolen in most enterprise breaches was unencrypted despite its significance. In previous years, this was understandable; secure encryption requires a lot of computing to accomplish, making widescale encryption immensely difficult.
Thus, adequate encryption is the keystone in the fight for data security. Although far from the only component in a cybersecurity strategy, encryption often serves as a last line of defense in the event of a security breach. The complexities tied with its processes of verification and access give encryption multiple advantages to password protection (which is often the first line of defense to be compromised). If cybercriminals successfully access the data during a breach, encryption ensures that they cannot view it.
Even in a worst-case scenario, encryption can prevent a significantly large portion of proprietary data from being compromised. An effective encryption tool can help companies effectively encrypt sensitive data on a large scale.
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