Some government and police officials may be seething because encryption makes it harder for them to track criminals and extremists, but it turns out that many companies aren't bothering to protect their data by encoding it in the first place.
A new study released Tuesday by the security firm Sophos surveyed 1,700 IT managers at mid-sized businesses in the US, Canada, India, Australia, Japan and Malaysia. Of those, 44 per cent say they're currently making extensive use of encryption, while another 43 per cent are using encryption to some degree.
Encryption levels were lower among the smaller businesses surveyed, with just 38 percent of organizations with 100 to 500 employees saying they're encrypting extensively.
In the US, encryption rates are higher, with 54 per cent of those surveyed saying they make extensive use of the technology. Australia came in second with a rate of 49 per cent, while Malaysia posted the lowest rate of 26 per cent.
The top reason for not encrypting extensively — supplied by 37 per cent of those who responded — was a lack of budget, while 31 per cent cited performance concerns.
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