A Deeper Look into Data Encryption

In 2018, Townsend Security had a chance to participate in the 20th annual PASS Summit in Seattle as an exhibitor. While there, they had an opportunity to ask attendees about their company's encryption and key management practices. Our own Tim Roncevich was able to review the results and give his expert opinion on some of the findings.

In total, 93 people participated in the survey. 

Here are some key findings: 

• Roughly 50% of respondents were not or were not sure if they were encrypting any of their at-rest data
• 20% of businesses surveyed were using pre-2012 SQL Server
• Only 43% of databases used are Enterprise Edition  
• 32% of other databases used are Oracle
• 53% of of businesses have at least some data stored in the cloud 
• 68% of small businesses may not use any data-at-rest encryption 
• 76% of respondents admit they do not or they do not know if they use any encryption key management

Infographic provided by Townsend Security.