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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3100″ el_class=”nur_im_raster”][vc_column_text el_class=”datum”]Chemnitz, 20.07.2021[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\"Bild<\/p>\n

Reliable data encryption is more important today than ever before. Especially when teams have to work on highly confidential data in a decentralized manner or across national borders. The increasing outsourcing of work to the home office also makes a rethink of the security structure in companies quite sensible.<\/p>\n

In the following, we will look at what is actually meant by confidential data, why simple password protection for confidential files and folders is not enough, what the disadvantages of data encryption with Windows on-board tools are, and what alternatives there are to Windows tools.<\/p>\n

What is confidential data anyway?<\/h2>\n

Basically, confidential data is any information that requires special protection and should not fall into the wrong hands. Here it is important for companies to consider two main aspects: The legal and the economic aspect. From a legal perspective, since the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), all personal data is particularly worthy of protection. This means that all employee and customer data must be protected from misuse by law, otherwise there is a risk of high financial penalties.<\/p>\n

In purely economic terms, however, there is a great deal of other data that requires special protection because it secures a competitive advantage for the company or contains sensitive company internals, such as:<\/p>\n