Encryption

Important reasons for encryption

Since the GDPR and the rise of the home office, data encryption is no longer a specialist topic. Which data is encrypted most often – and why.

Encryption is a hot topic due to Home Office

At the latest since the introduction of the GDPR, data protection has become an important topic and since the significant increase in work from the home office, the topic of data encryption has become an international trend, especially in companies. In this context, the importance of encryption in cloud storage is also increasing and, according to current studies, this will continue to grow in the future.

So far, the following data has been encrypted the most:

  • personal customer data
  • employee and personnel data
  • corporate and financial data
  • healthcare data
  • billing and payment data
  • intellectual property, such as patent, source code, and product data

Encryption of company data

Data is playing an increasingly important role in everyday business and working life. Especially sensitive personal data, but also data of business partners, customers or patients. All of these have a right to have their data treated with absolute confidentiality and stored securely in encrypted form.

Internal and external documents must remain confidential, especially when they are stored and stocked. This applies to data on the local computer, but also to data on servers and in the cloud.

Encryption of external data carrier

Data protection in the private environment has become increasingly important. At the latest since the increase in home office work due to the Corona crisis, attacks by hackers and data spies on private computers have increased dramatically. The number of cases of cybercrime registered by the police, especially in the private sphere, has risen continuously and has increased drastically, especially in the years of the Corona crisis.

That's why you should secure your personal data on USB sticks and external hard drives not only professionally but also privately.

Fit for the future with encryption

The digitalization of our society, private life and in the public authorities as well as corporate environment is constantly increasing, especially due to the clearly visible deficits in the Corona crisis. In addition to the technical development of the systems with which we work in everyday life, topics such as artificial intelligence or virtual realities are being added. As a result, the amount of digital data is increasing permanently.

For these reasons, the providers of encryption solutions are not standing still, but are constantly working on updates to ensure the highest standards of encryption and data protection in conjunction with a good user experience and easy-to-use technology.

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