Data Encryption
What is Data Encryption?
The process of converting data into a coded form using cryptographic algorithms to prevent unauthorized access and protect confidentiality.
Terms that appear alongside data encryption
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as data encryption. The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 16 shared controls
- data protection 7 shared controls
- data security 5 shared controls
- nist 3 shared controls
- fips 2 shared controls
- key management 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern data encryption
What the standards actually require on data encryption
Requirements naming data encryption across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Apply cryptographic protection to stored data and to data moving across networks, using libraries that hold certification against an approved standard.
CCM-CEK-03 · Data Encryption →Kuwait NCF Protect function (Data). Data Protection and Encryption aligned with NIST SP 800-53 SC family + ISO 27001 A.10 cryptography + A.13 communications security + KDPPR CITRA data protection coordination.
KNCF-Protect-Data-Encryption-Classification-Cryptography-Key-Management-DLP-PKI-Quantum-Resistant · Kuwait NCF Protect + Data + Encryption + Classification + Cryptography + Key Management + DLP →Account data must be encrypted within the secure boundary of the POI device immediately upon entry, using approved cryptographic algorithms and keys that are unique per device or per transaction.
Domain-1.2 · Account Data Encryption at POI →Encryption of personal data. Control from Bahrain PDPL framework, domain: Bahrain PDPL: Data Security.
BH-PDPL-13 · Encryption of personal data →Ensure service provider contracts include security requirements. Example requirements may include minimum security program requirements, security incident and/or data breach notification and response, data encryption requirements, and data disposal commitments...
CIS-15.4 · Ensure Service Provider Contracts Include Security Requirements →Security Dimensions 4 and 5 per X.805 Clauses 6.4 and 6.5 are closely related: (1) Data Confidentiality (Dim 4) protects data from unauthorized disclosure - ensures that the data content cannot be understood by unauthorized entities.
X805-Dim4-5-Data-Confidentiality-Communication-Security-Encryption-Information-Flow-Protection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimensions 4-5 - Data Confidentiality + Communication Security + Encryption At-Rest + In-Transit + In-Use + Information Flow Protection + Steered Communication + Anti-Tap + Anti-Eavesdrop + Post-Quantum Cryptography →Questions people ask about data encryption
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