Under lock and key: Safeguarding business data with encryption

This article argues for making data encryption a core layer of enterprise security amid expanding attack surfaces, highlighting drivers like remote work, data growth, device loss, third-party breaches, credential abuse, ransomware, insecure email, and insider risk. It outlines the costs and compliance pressures of breaches, recommends robust algorithms (e.g., AES-256) and solutions such as full-disk, file/folder, removable media, and email encryption with centralized management, and stresses pairing encryption with broader defenses including MFA, patch and vulnerability management, security awareness, EDR/XDR, and MDR.