Encryption is an essential means of protecting sensitive information and is required for certain types of data under many regulations. As more companies move to the Cloud and introduce Microsoft 365 (M365) applications like Teams and SharePoint Online to their communication and collaboration channels, the potential for data getting into the wrong hands grows exponentially making encryption strategies essential.

Encryption is an important security tool for protecting sensitive data. However, not all solutions used the same cipher techniques. There are a number of encryption algorithms that can be used to secure data with varying levels of security. To set acceptable standards for encryption technologies used by the U.S. Government the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) series. These standards define how U.S.

archTIS Director of Federal and Defense, Bill Kalogeros recently presented a CMMC 2.0 Workshop with FCW on new controlled unclassified information or ‘CUI’ marking requirements for CMMC 2.0 which is expected to go into effect in May of 2023. Here’s a summary of his session and a link to the recording to learn more about the pending changes to CUI handling and how to prepare.

Customers, Partners and Colleagues, I am excited to share that archTIS’ NC Protect product has been named 2022 Policy Management Solution of the Year in the 6th annual Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards.