The Encryption Management system in the eTag Fuse platform provides administrators with the tools to manage encryption keys and algorithms, ensuring the protection of sensitive data at rest, in transit, and in use. By enforcing encryption policies and securely managing keys, Encryption Management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements and safeguard data from unauthorized access.
Encrypt sensitive data stored in databases, file systems, and other storage locations, ensuring that it is protected from unauthorized access even if the storage medium is compromised.
- Capabilities: Apply strong encryption algorithms to protect data stored in the platform, including user information, logs, and other sensitive records.
- Configurable Encryption: Administrators can define which data should be encrypted, ensuring that critical information is always protected.
Ensure that data transmitted between systems, applications, and users is encrypted, protecting it from interception during transit.
- Capabilities: Enforce encryption for data transmitted over the network using secure protocols such as TLS (Transport Layer Security).
- End-to-End Encryption: Ensure that all data exchanged between clients, servers, and integrated systems is encrypted during transmission, providing full protection.
Manage the lifecycle of encryption keys, including generation, rotation, storage, and revocation, ensuring that encryption keys remain secure and accessible only to authorized personnel.
- Capabilities: Generate and securely store encryption keys, automatically rotate keys at defined intervals, and revoke keys if necessary to ensure the ongoing security of encrypted data.
- Key Storage: Encryption keys are stored securely using hardware security modules (HSMs) or software-based key management systems, ensuring that keys are protected from unauthorized access.
Administrators can define and enforce encryption policies to ensure that sensitive data is encrypted based on organizational or regulatory requirements.
- Capabilities: Create policies that mandate the encryption of specific types of data, such as personally identifiable information (PII) or financial records, ensuring compliance with security standards.
- Automatic Enforcement: The platform automatically applies encryption based on the defined policies, ensuring that data is always encrypted when required.
¶ 5. Key Rotation and Expiration
Automatically rotate encryption keys on a regular schedule or as needed to maintain security and prevent key compromise.
- Capabilities: Define key rotation intervals to ensure that keys are regularly refreshed, reducing the risk of long-term key exposure. Expired keys are automatically replaced to maintain encryption security.
- Automated Key Management: The platform handles key rotation and expiration automatically, ensuring that encryption keys are always up to date and secure.
¶ 6. Encryption for Backups and Archives
Ensure that backups and archives of sensitive data are encrypted, protecting data even when it is stored offsite or in long-term storage.
- Capabilities: Encrypt data that is backed up or archived to ensure that it remains protected, even if the backup media is compromised or accessed without authorization.
- Secure Backup Storage: Administrators can ensure that encrypted backups meet compliance standards and safeguard historical data from unauthorized access.
¶ 7. Integration with Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Encryption Management integrates with the platform’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) system, ensuring that only authorized users can access or decrypt sensitive data.
- Capabilities: Control access to encryption keys and encrypted data based on user roles, permissions, and security policies defined in the IAM system.
- Granular Access Control: Ensure that only authorized personnel can manage encryption keys or access encrypted data, enhancing security for sensitive information.
¶ 8. Compliance and Auditing
Track and audit encryption activities, including key generation, access, rotation, and policy enforcement, to ensure compliance with security regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS.
- Capabilities: Generate reports on encryption activities, such as when and how data was encrypted or decrypted, and who accessed encryption keys. These logs help maintain transparency and support regulatory compliance.
- Audit Trails: Maintain detailed audit logs of all encryption and key management activities, ensuring full traceability and accountability for encryption operations.
Encryption Management integrates with Fuse’s security policies, allowing administrators to define when and how encryption is applied to different types of data.
- Capabilities: Apply encryption policies that automatically enforce encryption standards across all sensitive data, ensuring compliance with internal and external security requirements.
- Policy-Based Encryption: Tailor encryption policies to specific data types or applications, ensuring that encryption is consistently enforced according to organizational needs.
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Data Encryption for Financial Institutions: A bank uses Encryption Management to ensure that all financial transactions and customer data are encrypted both at rest and in transit. The bank also rotates encryption keys regularly to maintain data security.
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Compliance with Data Protection Regulations: A healthcare provider implements Encryption Management to encrypt patient health records, ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations. The provider generates audit reports to demonstrate encryption practices during regulatory audits.
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Secure Backup Encryption for Government Agencies: A government agency uses Encryption Management to encrypt all backups of sensitive data, ensuring that even if the backup media is lost or stolen, the data remains secure and inaccessible.
The Encryption Management system in the eTag Fuse platform provides comprehensive tools for securing sensitive data through encryption. With key management, encryption policies, data protection for backups, and compliance tracking, Encryption Management ensures that data is protected from unauthorized access and meets regulatory requirements.