To maximize the effectiveness of encryption in providing effective security assurance solutions, organizations must deploy it as part of a defense-in-depth security stance. Like any technology, encryption is plagued with pitfalls, mistakes, and traps that could easily provide an organization with a false sense of confidence in its security, while still allowing attackers to easily compromise the organization’s data. The common pitfalls, mistakes, and traps that an organization implementing encryption must avoid are listed in this article.

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