There are two reasons why data-in-motion key management systems won’t work when encrypting data-at-rest. First, data–in-motion has no concept of key memory, so once you change keys the old key is no longer necessary. Second, there is no way to rebuild a connection if it is lost so if you lose or corrupt a key that was used to store a particular piece of data, that data is lost forever.

Check out this expert e-guide to discover two primary types of key systems used for storing encrypted data, the importance of creating a key log, and how to prevent a rogue employee from stealing encryption keys.