Data has become today’s business currency. It serves as the underpinning for so many critical elements of an organization’s livelihood and, like any other currency, data needs to be protected.
The average company has 534,465 files containing sensitive data. How can security and privacy professionals ensure that their organization’s data stays safe? As privacy laws continue to evolve globally with more on the horizon — especially at the state level in the United States — organizations are under intense pressure to know exactly how they protect the data that they collect, store, transmit and process. It’s the job of security professionals to ensure their organization is on the right track to address evolving data management demands. Here are four tips to help set an organization on the path to data protection success: