How centralized key management systems can improve data encryption practices

FedScoop: Agencies seeking to protect their data in motion or at rest often use different encryption strategies, many of which are managed by application owners and database administrators across the organization.

However, data experts warn that agencies that lack a centralized encryption key management system, or a clearly defined strategy, open themselves up to the risk of losing control of encryption keys, allowing access to those who shouldn’t have it or expending resources to encrypt data that is not pivotal to the core mission.

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