Friday, February 5, 2016

Key Mgmt: Build vs Buy

Most orgs these days leverage cryptography for data protections.  However, key management can be a logistical and administrative headache.

Hence, the use of key management systems (KMS) and services.  With that said, orgs need to determine whether they want to build or buy said KMS solutions.

For small shops, a SKM (or SKIMP as I call it) solution may work.  This solution is akin to the LAMP stack for small KMS deployments.

Larger, multinational shops may opt to go w a cloud solutions like AWS's KMS, Azure's Key Vault, or SafeNet's services.

Ultimately, the decision to build vs buy rests on the complexity, budget, and skill-set of an orgs IT shop.  Rest assured, there are options for all types.

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