Data breaches are not just a problem, they are a crisis
The list of companies that have had their data security breached seems endless: Target, Facebook, T-Mobile, Marriott, Quest Laboratories, Quora, Equifax and on and on and on. It’s no wonder that a recent study by Cisco showed that 31% of organizations have, at some point, encountered breaches of their data security infrastructure.
At any given time, any company could be vulnerable to a serious data security breach. That’s why it’s important for every company to have a strategy for mitigating their data security risks. Here are six important ways a company can minimize its data security risk.
1. Know what data you have and where it is
- It’s important to do a data analysis that defines important enterprise data, its attributes and where it is processed and stored. Security and compliance restrictions should be identified as an attribute of metadata and data classification. Ensure that the data is stored on platforms that restrict access based on these attributes and classifications. Understanding what you have, where it is, and who is responsible for it is the foundation of building a data security strategy.
