Office of Information Security

Encryption

July 30, 2021

Public vs private: Wireless encryption

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This week in the public vs. private series we will cover what to do to keep your personal and UW data private, particularly while you’re in a public place. In order to protect your data, it is good to understand two “states” of data: Data at rest Data in transit Data stored on computers, laptops,…

June 18, 2021

Series: Public vs. Private

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This summer we will be writing weekly posts with a “public vs. private” theme. The first post in the series pointed to our Managing Secrets Risk Advisory. An important concept in data security and privacy is encryption. Encryption is the process of encoding data and/or communications so that only authorized parties can access them, keeping…