Readings: Protecting Data at Rest with Device Encryption

Below you will find reading materials and additional resources that support today’s topic and the upcoming lecture.

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Reading Data Protection: Data In transit vs. Data At Rest

From your day to day computer use, provide examples of when data is at rest and when it is in transit.

Data at rest: files saved on your computer and not being accessed/used. Data in transit: when you navigate to a file and open/download it constitutes transit.

Explain the role data encryption with regards to the CIA triad.