Ponemon finds use of encryption varies across countries, with IoT as major driver

The use of encryption to protect data varies among more than a dozen countries in Europe and Asia and the United States, according to a “trends” report by the Ponemon Institute which found that the emerging Internet of Things was a major influence for encoding information and messages.

“The purpose of this research is to examine how the use of encryption has evolved over the past 14 years and the impact of this technology on the security posture of organizations,”...