Ponemon SED Survey Report

Organizations are using encryption to mitigate the damage caused by data breaches, comply with privacy and data protection regulations and preserve brand and reputation. However, there are many approaches and strategies for deploying encryption across the enterprise. The purpose of Perceptions about Self-Encrypting Drives: A Study of IT Practitioners, conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), is to understand organizations’ use of hardware-based encryption technologies, including self-encrypting hard and solid state drives.