Tomorrow we look at high-security data.
Remember that if your vital records are encrypted, the master encryption keys themselves become critical records that must be governed. Losing the keys means permanently losing the records.
- Where does your organization currently store its master encryption keys for long-term archives?
- If your primary IT admin won the lottery today, could you still decrypt your ten-year-old financial records?
Action Item: Verify with IT that encryption keys for vital records are backed up and accessible to authorized successors.