Best Practices for Choosing and Implementing a Storage Encryption Solution

Lost or stolen backup tapes contributed to a large number of these breaches, yet protecting backup data is still often overlooked. Many companies believe that it is useless to protect these tapes because they contain "Old" information only used for Disaster Recovery (DR), but even just one compromised backup tape can cost a company its reputation, its competitive advantage, and thousands in fines. The Ponemon Institute research firm reported that data breaches cost companies an average of $197 per compromised record in legal fees and other expenses.