SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Backdoors--Venafi survey evaluated the opinions of 384 IT security professionals attending Black Hat USA 2019.: 74% of security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state attacks SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Venafi®, the leading provider and inventor of machine identity protection, today announced the results of a survey on government-mandated encryption backdoors. The survey evaluated the opinions of 384 IT security professionals attending Black Hat USA 2019. According to the survey results, 80 percent of the respondents say countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure.