UVM's Information Security Operations Team answers "Why?" Why?security

What is encryption, and why should I care?

Encryption protects the people whose information we collect and manage, while protecting UVM from significant liability. Encryption encodes information in a way that only someone knowing a secret key can read it. If you store sensitive or confidential information — what UVM calls “Protected University Information”[1] — anywhere but on password-protected UVM servers, it must …

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