When Anthem became the latest high-profile hack victim to grace headlines last week, it would be impossible not to wonder what would happen at your own organization should a similar breach occur. There are two key lessons that IT can take away from the Anthem breach. The first is to remember that the business decisions you're making today about whether or not to encrypt data can have significant and oftentimes unintended consequences. The second is to ask yourself whether you and other decision-makers in your organization truly understand the value of your data.
