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Enterprise encryption strategy: The path to simple data encryption

Enterprise encryption strategy: The path to simple data encryption

Enterprise encryption strategy: The path to simple data encryption

Date: Jul 12, 2011

Encryption has become much more usable in recent years, to the point where a company of nearly any size can rely on simple data encryption to protect sensitive data and, in some cases, help meet compliance needs as well.

In this presentation, IT security professional Mike Chapple provides a brief introduction of encryption technology and what it can and can't do. He also examines the state of the technology landscape, discusses different types of encryption, covers the best usage scenarios for encrypting different devices and data types, and offers a helpful enterprise encryption strategy to make encryption easier for your organization.

This presentation covers:

The benefits of encryption, including what it can and cannot do.
The goals and functions of cryptography including symmetric versus asymmetric cryptography.
Cryptographic algorithms.
Applications of cryptography including disk encryption, email encryption, HTTP over SSL and VPNs.

About the presenter:
Mike Chapple is an IT Security professional with the University of Notre Dame.

This presentation was originally recorded Sept. 27, 2010.

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