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Data Encryption's Adoption Grows

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Large security vendors are buying up encryption start-ups. Venture capitalists are putting money into young companies to spur the development of encryption products.New companies are launching products to help manage and simplify encryption.With all this activity, is it safe to assume that companies are starting to embrace encryption as a pillar of their security infrastructures‏ Security experts and observers say yes, with the caveat that it's a slow march toward full-blown encryption adoption.

With the threat of a data breach looming large over every corporation that handles sensitive information, encryption has become the No. 1 answer to the question, 'How do I protect myself‏' Then there are the mandates -- the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley, the Payment Card Industry data security standard, and other regulations -- that require data protection, for which encryption is again the obvious answer.

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