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Key Management
The Right Keys for the Job
As organizations shift more of their data and business processes to the cloud, data protection and key management become more complex. Furthermore, effective key management is essential for any encryption system.
Many organizations also need to maintain full control over their encryption keys to comply with contractual requirements, regulatory mandates, and/or internal policies. The right key management solution will ensure that sensitive data is protected against theft or misuse while eliminating the risk that your company will lose access to its own data.
Passphrases
Use system-generated or user-created passphrases based on company policy.
OpenPGP
Extract and decrypt files that comply with the OpenPGP standard, create OpenPGP files, and apply digital signatures.
Contingency Keys
Decrypt files that were encrypted by anyone in the organization, whether the files were passphrase-encrypted or encrypted for specific recipients.
X.509 Certificates
Sign, encrypt, and decrypt files with the most widely used format for public key infrastructure.
Smartkeys
A key specific to PKWARE operations that links encryption keys with user identities for greater control in or out of the company network.
Microsoft Double Key Encryption Integration
Utilize the seamless experiences with encrypted Office file types along with the benefit of knowing that no one else outside the organization can decrypt the files, including Microsoft.
Data Mobility
with Data Security
Shifting data to the cloud makes data protection and key management more complex. Organizations need to maintain full control of encryption keys to comply with contractual requirements, regulatory mandates, or internal policies. Encrypting data prior to sending it to the cloud via a Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) concept is the only way to satisfy the more conservative trust models.
Safeguard Information
While Keeping
it Accessible
Some files need to be decrypted by anyone in the organization, whether the files were originally passphrase-encrypted or encrypted for specific recipients. No matter how they were encrypted, contingency keys can provide a safeguard to be sure that the organization’s important information does not risk becoming permanently inaccessible.
More Control
Over Secure Data
Software solutions that are highly usable can lack appropriate security, while deeply secure software solutions may feel too robust to be usable for most. Several software vendors have opened access to allow security to be directed by a third party, allowing Double Key Encryption opportunities to those better suited for providing security.
Related Resources
PKWARE 2021 Predictions: More Remote Work, Focus on Data-Level Security, and Greater Compliance
Where Are the Keys? Managing Encryption in the Cloud
PKWARE Brings Persistent Encryption to Turnkey Key Management with Smartcrypt Appliances
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