In every organisation data is becoming more mobile. Information is held on PDAs, laptops and memory devices such as USB flash drives. However, there is often a low priority given to the security of this data, some of which may be highly confidential.
Whether you are concerned with the possibility of laptop theft, or simply that your PDAs may be compromised by malware, you need to ensure that mobile devices are adequately secured.
Even if you have taken sufficient measures to ensure data confidentiality whilst it moves between employees and business partners, you should still be maintaining solid protection of devices that are remote from the network.
Device encryption – K3 Panacea implements technology that ensures you protect your data whilst it remains ‘at rest’ to ensure if it becomes compromised through loss or theft, access cannot be gained to sensitive information.
Protecting Reputation
- Whatever your company does, your reputation is important and keeping sensitive information secure is vitally important to the status of your business. Your organisation will undoubtedly secure confidential printed documents, but what about those that are stored electronically?
- The average laptop contains enough electronic data that, if printed, would fill a 4-drawer filing cabinet. Would you be happy if your clients or competitors were given unrestricted access to that filing cabinet?
- By fully encrypting the devices that your confidential data resides on, you can ensure that in the event that the device were lost or stolen, the data will always remain private, and that your hard-earned reputation is not damaged.
Regulatory Compliance
- Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, PCI, HIPAA, MiFiD, DPA and The FSA are just a few of the standards and regulatory bodies that are requiring organisations to protect confidential information. Compliance is important and should not be ignored. Many regulatory bodies are not just threatening to take action – they do – and fines for non-compliance are on the rise.
- So as part of the compliance process, make sure that you are encrypting your data wherever it resides, to provide the proof of due care and attention that is required by the regulatory authorities.
