The workflow described here aims to simplify this procedure using lower-level functions in the cyphr package.Ī person will set up a set of personal keys and a key for the data.
But organising for everyone to get a copy of the key to decrypt the data files is non-trivial. If the data can be stored encrypted but everyone in the group can still read and write the data then we’ve improved the situation somewhat.
Data Encryption Data Encryption Rich FitzJohn Ī group of people are working on a sensitive data set that for practical reasons needs to be stored in a place that we’re not 100% happy with the security (e.g., Dropbox), or we’re concerned that files stored in plain text on users computers (e.g. laptops) may lead to the data being compromised.
