| class="googleright"> | | | | to be sure. But increasingly, culpability also falls squarely |
| How to develop an enterprise encryption strategy | | | | on companies that fail to encrypt confidential data. |
| Hereâs a sobering prediction: One-third of all | | | | Ultimately it is the company that must shoulder the |
| adults in the United States will have their personal | | | | burden of far-reaching consequences. Failing to protect |
| identity information compromised or lost this year by a | | | | confidential data is not only a threat to customers and |
| company that electronically stores the data, according | | | | damaging to corporate reputation -- in some cases |
| to figures supported by the Privacy Rights | | | | itâs illegal. Sixteen of the 20 existing U.S. state |
| Clearinghouse. Whether or not that number is perfectly | | | | privacy laws require encryption to protect confidential |
| accurate, the list of publicly known data breaches is | | | | consumer data, according to Warren Smith, vice |
| staggering nonetheless. | | | | president of marketing at GuardianEdge Technologies, |
| Who is to blame? Hackers and careless employees, | | | | whose products were recently purchased by the U.S. |