Many companies exert themselves to protect their brand but overlook how much the company’s reputation relies on data security. Yet inadequately managed encryption keys and certificates pose critical risks to a company’s reputation.
Unexpected system downtime translates to dissatisfied employees and customers, decreased productivity and a damaged reputation—and fully $1M in losses per-hour for large enterprises.
Despite the operational and financial risks of inaction, companies often neglect encryption disaster recovery planning, daunted by vast key and certificate deployments. Only a well-designed, automated key and certificate management process can ease the pain and ensure rapid recovery.
Most IT security professionals understand the critical role that encryption plays in complying with regulations such as PCI DSS 2.0, SOX, GLBA, HIPAA, the European Directive of 1995 and more. However, some fail to realize that the security of the actual encryption assets is subject to audit as well. Compliance with these mandates require the effective management of symmetric, asymmetric (digital certificates) and SSH keys.
Organizations devote valuable resources to developing information security policies because those policies ensure that company practices align with business objectives and relevant government regulations. However, policies are only words on a page unless administrators have the tools to implement and enforce them. Only an automated and policy-based enterprise key and certificate management solution offers these tools.
In a world where data is the new currency, industry standards and regulatory mandates drive companies to deploy encryption broadly using the latest, proven algorithms. But the reality of the situation is that encryption means nothing if the keys securing that data are not managed appropriately. Only best key and certificate management practices, made possible and painless by an automated solution, truly protects a company’s most vital assets.
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