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Organizations which implement disk encryption do so because of the benefits:
- Prevent data breaches of confidential information
- Protect the company's brand or reputation that could be negatively impacted by a breach
- Comply with the legal requirements of various state and federal data privacy regulations, including the new Massachusetts law, as well as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley
- Avoid having to notify customers or employees after a data breach occurs
- Save hundreds of thousands of dollars (the Ponemon Institute estimates that a loss of just 1,000 credit cards will result in costs of $202,000)
Given the considerable benefits of data encryption,should you consider a managed disk encryption service?
Benefits of a Managed Disk Encryption Service
With a fully -managed disk encryption service – vs. encryption that you deploy and manage yourself – you and your organization also benefit from the following attributes:
1. Easy to deploy - Uses your existing infrastructure, without the need for additional hardware, which minimizes upfront costs and enables accelerated deployment.
2. Easy to manage – Neither IT staff nor management need to become experts on encryption. Eliminates the IT administrative burden of management and maintenance.
3. Easy to use – Users don’t need any training; encryption is completely transparent to them. All they need is their Windows password for the pre-boot authentication.
4. Easy to support – Access to expert resources 24x7. Service from a fully-trained, highly experienced team of technical experts.
5. Easy to afford – One predictable monthly fee, without the need for additional hardware.
The bottom line is that a fully-managed service for encryption saves you time, headache and money --while also giving you a high-quality service that prevents data breaches and complies with state and federal regulations that protect personal information.
Why You Should Consider a Disk Encryption Service
Data Breaches are Expensive.
Breaches are costly events for an organization; a Ponemon Institute study of 1000 organizations indicates that the average total cost per company of a data breach is more than $6.6 million per breach, ranging from $613,000 to almost $32 million.
In that survey, Ponemon found that 84 percent of organizations suffered at least one data breach over the last 12 months. 44 percent of organizations suffered two to five breaches during the same time period. In 2008, the total average cost of a data breach was $202 per record compromised, an increase of 11 percent compared to 2006 ($182 per record), Poneman found.
Lost laptops are the main source of these data breaches, according to the Ponemon Institute.
Data Privacy is the Law
As of 2008, at least 44 states in the U.S. have passed laws requiring organizations and government agencies to notify customers, employees, and other affected individuals when a breach of protected personal information occurs due to human error, technology problems, or malicious acts. Numerous federal regulations also exist to protect personal information.
Following is a representative (but by no means inclusive) list of some data privacy laws and regulations in the U.S.:
- Various state regulations (e.g., Massachusetts 201 CMR 17, Nev. Rev. Stat. § 597.970 (2007), “An Act Concerning the Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers” (Connecticut) and California Senate Bill 1386)
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
- PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, a standard from the PCI Security Standards Council)
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act)
- CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) of 2003
- U.S. Patriot Act
Deployment and Management are Quick and Easy
You don't have to get up-to-speed on the technology, maintain internal expertise, or install additional hardware. mindSHIFT's certified encryption engineers take all the worry out of knowledge acquisition, information gathering, evaluation, selection, procurement, and installation. This saves your organization time, enables accelerated deployment, and ensures you are focused on strategic issues that are meaningful to the business.
All maintenance and management of the system is handled by mindSHIFT, transparent to your organization. All fixes and upgrades are done automatically and regulary keeping your organizations's data safe and secure. This eliminated the IT administrative burden of management and maintenance
In-House Solutions are Costly
Most in-house disk encryption solutions require the purchase of additional software and hardware. That can be a costly upfront expenditure.
mindSHIFT's Managed Disk Encryption Service, in contrast, utilizes your existing infrastructure, without the need for additional hardware, thus minimizing upfront costs and enabling accelerated deployment.
Users Don't Have to Change their Behavior
Can you imagine if your users had to decide which files and/or folders to encrypt? Or had to specifically give a command for disk or file encryption to occur? Despite their best intentions, they would likely miss critical organizational data -- making private information public or sharing confidential, sensitive information with others who should not have access to it.
Transparency and ease of use for users are key attributes of mindSHIFT's Managed Disk Encryption Service. Encryption is done automatically. After the initial installation, encryption and decryption of the disk are transparent to both the user and the operating system. Users need only supply their Windows logon when they are prompted (before their laptop or desktop boots up). It's the same login so you don't even have to create or provide new passwords. And you certainly don't have to ask users to take any specific actions to encrypt -- thus avoiding training altogether.
For More Information on Managed Disk Encryption
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