Enterprises Prioritize Customer Data Protection But Continue to Leave it Exposed, Reveals Entrust 2021 Global Encryption Trends Study
b"Enterprises see protecting customer personal information as the top reason to encrypt data, and yet report actually encrypting customer data at a far lower rate.
- b"Enterprises see protecting customer personal information as the top reason to encrypt data, and yet report actually encrypting customer data at a far lower rate.
- The big reported disconnect is that customer information ranks fifth on the list of information that enterprises actually encrypt, indicating a wide chasm between an organization's priorities and the realities of deploying encryption.
- Protection of customer information (54%), protection against specific, identified threats (50%), and protection of intellectual property (49%) all rank higher than compliance, which now sits at 45%.\nThe study highlights encouraging trends as well.
- Encryption tools abound, with organizations report using an average of eight different products that perform encryption.