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Key Master
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
Posted:  06 Jun 2007
Published:  01 Jun 2007
Format:  HTML
Length:  5  Page(s)
Type:  Journal Article

ABSTRACT:

Faulty key management renders encryption useless and is a prime reason organizations that say they are encrypting databases still get breached. It can also negate any exception encryption gives you under breach disclosure laws. Even though California's SB 1386 requires organizations to report any disclosure of unencrypted data, improperly implemented encryption will put you back on the hook if the data may have been exposed.

The security of any encryption solution is based on the secrecy of the key, not the algorithm or cipher text. If the keys are not properly controlled, an attacker can acquire them.
 
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