Businesses across the world, regardless of the industry or scale of operations, are using data-intensive technologies like analytics and machine learning to enhance decision-making. Also, the recent emergence of technologies like IoT means that more data is being generated now than ever before. This trend of increased generation and utilisation of data has led to the rising importance of data and increasing need to protect sensitive data from exploitation.
Gajshield, a data, cloud and network security solution company lists down 3 important steps that businesses can follow to protect their most valuable asset. i.e the data.
1. Implementing data governance
Data governance is the practice of establishing protocols for the use, storage, and management of the data possessed by an organization. This means, among a multitude of other things, determining the authorised users of specific pieces of data, mapping out standard data flows, and defining data ownership. By establishing a strict data governance framework, businesses can standardize and hence control how data is used within the organization. This also gives direction to the users of data within the organization on how to handle data and prevent its misuse. Data governance is important to have data security.
2. Ensuring data visibility
It is important for businesses to have complete visibility throughout their enterprise network. Business and cybersecurity leaders must be able to, at all times, be able to view and monitor the data, applications, and communications that make up the enterprise's operations. By having complete visibility over the applications, processes, users, and most importantly, the data within the organization, businesses can always ensure adherence to data governance policies, and can respond quickly to instances of violation of the same.
3.Starting with data security
Using intelligent data security tools, such as a GajShield Firewall with data security approach, can go a long way in protecting an organization's data from breaches and theft. Such a tool can not only help cybersecurity teams have complete visibility over their data but also allow them to exercise strict control over how the data is used and shared. Such an approach with the right tool like GajShield Data Leak Prevention can even automate tasks like identifying sensitive information and filtering it from all outgoing communications. By doing so, the GajShield firewall can prevent the loss of sensitive data like customer information, intellectual property, and confidential financial reports. Thus, businesses can preserve their reputation as well as their business-critical information without investing a lot of resources.
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