Encryption is pushing its way into more corners of the enterprise. From database fields for 
customer credit cards or social security numbers, to laptop hard drives with proprietary data, more storage is being encrypted more frequently. Every encrypted item needs a key to unlock the encrypted data, and managing the hundreds or thousands of keys used cross an enterprise can be a big headache.
The spectre of data loss is the biggest reason why encryption isn’t implemented more widely. Most experienced system administrators are conservative when it comes to new technologies that could potentially lock them out of their own data. On the other hand, business requirements, legislation and liability for lost data are driving encryption forward. For the moment, centrally and securely managing encryption of all of the various types of data across the whole enterprise is only a dream — unless you use the same vendor for all of your encryption tasks. How to manage encryption keys - 07/Nov/2006 - ComputerWeekly.com
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