Encrypting such files or even the entire removable storage device helps protect them if physical security measures fail.
If you carry your company’s sensitive data around on your official laptop, USB flash drive, or external hard drive, losing it could allow someone to access sensitive data that might hurt your organization. There have been numerous reports of data at rest (data stored on PCs, backup drives, and databases) and data in transit (transmitted data) being stolen, exposed, or intercepted as the case may be. The demand for encryption is growing, especially with rogue governments’ increasing interest in accessing our private data, including data at rest and data in motion.
Encryption is a technology used to prevent unauthorized access to data by making it unreadable to unauthorized users
