5. Encryption everywhere PCI and new privacy regulation will act as the hammer, but there will be more and more encryption solutions coming from the industry. New databases have row level encryption baked in as do disk and tape drives from vendors like Seagate, IBM and Sun. Windows Vista BitLocker will also drive mass encryption deployment as it gains momentum throughout the year. By 2008, encrypting data won't be as big a deal. Alternatively, encryption key and policy management will become a huge issue overnight.