Organizations must prioritize endpoint data security to effectively manage the growing risks posed by remote work, sophisticated cyber threats, and regulatory requirements, a new report finds.
Endpoint data security has become an urgent concern for organizations globally, as data sprawl, remote work, and advanced cyberattacks pose increasing risks that conventional security measures often fail to mitigate, according to a recent survey by the SANS Institute on behalf of Crash Plan Group.
The generation, accumulation, and storage of enormous amounts of data — known as data sprawl — is making it increasingly difficult for organizations to effectively implement data governance policies and practices.
“This can be especially difficult when data is stored and processed on user endpoints. These endpoints — any device by which a user accesses an organization’s networks, applications, or data — take the form of an extraordinary and ever-expanding range of devices, from laptops to tablets to smartphones, and may be personally owned and, as such, less effectively managed than the…
