As a business owner, you will likely be aware of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules and that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) can award large fines for any breaches. One of the main principles of the GDPR is to secure and safeguard personal data from theft, misuse and unauthorised access. Accordingly, an increasing number of business owners are turning to encryption technology to enable them to do so. This article will explore the security advantages of encryption and how your business can protect valuable and sensitive data through an encryption system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Encryption is a mathematical system that encodes information so only authorised personnel with a decryption key can access it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two main types of readily-available encryption today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both are secure methods of scrambling data so unauthorised users will see jumbled code rather than the actual wording. Encryption is widely considered to be more secure than a password system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Encryption keys are pieces of code that \u2018lock\u2019 and \u2018unlock\u2019 encrypted data. In essence, they are lengthy, randomly selected passcodes that the system uses to translate the scrambled data back into its original form. They are similar to the lock on a safe. The lock itself will not work without the correct combination because the relevant levers will fail to intersect and create inner contact. Most encryption programs will give you a choice as to how long you wish the encryption key to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ICO recommends that you pick a sufficiently long key to protect the data over its life rather than its creation time. For example, if you create a document that you believe may be in use for ten years, you should pick a longer encryption key length to remain secure for at least a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n