Backup Encryption Should Not Be Avoided
One thing became glaringly clear to organizations in 2005?storage security must be improved in order to avoid the public relations and logistical nightmares that have surprised both consumers and corporate chief information officers. Recent events are enough to keep storage and backup professionals up at night.
One well known, large organization lost computer backup tapes with personal information on current and former employees because an outside data storage company misplaced them. In another similar instance, a large financial services organization lost several backup tapes, with records detailing the financial information of government employees, because an overnight shipping company lost their tapes.