While corporate movement towards encrypting more data affords in-house counsel with necessary protections around external communications, the shift may also pose challenges for investigations and e-discovery.
In a Venafi survey conducted among 918 security professionals in attendance at the 2017 RSA Conference, two-thirds of respondents said their organizations are considering expanding their use of encryption, with only 29 percent confident in their current ability to protect communications and sensitive data. And given the confidential information regularly handled by in-house attorneys, particularly when communicating with outside counsel, legal departments may be benefactors of this trend.
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