Encryption Works, Right?
So you’ve got a bunch of encrypted data. It’s safe, right? After all, it’s encrypted , which means that nobody can get at it, right? Right ? The answer to that is, very definitely, “M aybe, maybe not, couldn’t say for sure ”. The thing is, there are so many contributing factors to whether your data is safe. Bad Keys It doesn’t really matter how good your system is, if your password is “ password1! ” or “ admin ”, or something else on this list of worst passwords of 2017 . Or, heck, this list of the 10,000 most-used passwords from hacked password lists . Leaky Keys Even if you’re awesome, and have special super-complicated keys like “ correct horse battery staple ”, it doesn’t particularly help if you, write it on a post-it . Maybe you’re better than that (please be!) and actually store it somewhere safe. It still might get hacked, and lords, if it does, it can be bad. Just ask the fine folks at Lockheed Martin who got naile...