The Tape Encryption Status Report is helpful in analyzing and determining which tapes are adequately protected, and which ones could be potential problem areas. Encryption of data is critical for both security purposes and for your company to remain compliant.
From this report you can quickly determine if you have sensitive data on tapes that is not encrypted and therefore subject to a security risk.
For example, this report can show which of your tapes contain encrypted data and which ones do not. In addition, you can also view from this report the location of these encrypted and non-encrypted tapes (onsite or offsite). If you see that you have non-encrypted tapes that contain sensitive data on them and they are stored at an offsite location, you immediately know that your data is not being properly protected. You need to re-evaluate your backup strategy before a problem occurs.
Likewise, from this report you can see if you have non-sensitive data that is being encrypted and therefore not only wasting valuable resources (time and money), but also slowing down your backup efforts.
For example, if this report shows that you have tapes that do not contain critical data but the data is still encrypted, you should re-evaluate your backup strategy to ensure proper use of resources and time.
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