Recent data breaches put encryption practices under scrutiny

Recent data breaches put encryption practices under scrutiny
Tags: North America, Security
March 10, 2009

Computer World: With major data breaches occurring on a regular basis, encryption vendors are going into hyper-drive, touting the need for their products. But encryption is only one piece of the overall data-protection scheme, and a new attack shows that it may not be enough. Recently, the security research group at Princeton University published a report on its success at recovering data from an encrypted disk image on a laptop.

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Video: See Princeton's analysis of encryption hacks.