To enhance data loss prevention and comply with privacy regulations, businesses are constantly looking to strengthen their security posture. Many organizations now require that only authorized users with specific privileges can access data in plaintext within designated files or folders on a given filesystem. Aside from elevating security against cyber criminals, this approach also enables a clear division of responsibilities between data owners and system administrators, preventing malicious intents and careless human errors.

Encrypting individual filesystems comes with a significant challenge—management of the encryption keys. With each filesystem having its own encryption key, key sprawl is a reality and can easily get out of hand. Moreover, not properly managing and storing those keys increases cyber vulnerabilities and exacerbates the data security challenges organizations face.