The Need To Encrypt Data Networks
We live and operate in the information age. We are reliant on the availability of data wherever and whenever we have network connectivity and pay little attention to where the data is stored and how far it has travelled in order to populate our screens. With the growth in data centre and cloud computing we are becoming increasingly reliant on our high-speed/high-availability data networks to deliver information to where it is needed.
However, once it leaves the perimeter of your facility, how can you ensure that your data is secure and is unable to fall into the wrong hands?
According to Gartner, tapping fibre optic cable without detection is not only possible but has been taking place for most of the last decade. This view is shared by the SANS Institute who state “It is alarming that there appears to be many organisations out there who are not aware and do not agree on the ever increasing ease at which fibre optic cables can be attacked.”
The technology exists and is readily available that allows for fibre optic cable to be tapped and for your secure data to be read without breaking the link and remaining undetected without specialist security equipment. For example, Senetas Europe recently purchased a fibre clamping device legally off the internet for just £300 and can demonstrate how effective it is. Watch this video to learn more.
The only solution to ensure that your data is secure as it travels across the public network and even your own private circuits is to utilise encryption, and that such encryption is not only decoupled from your specific network architecture, but it is accredited against the recognised world-wide security standard.