As governments transition to fully digital records, protecting sensitive data has become a critical priority. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is leading the way with its National Data Management and Personal Data Protection Standards.
This eBook takes you through the 5 steps to implementing effective data protection within your organization, and detail how data classification can enhance previously implemented tools.
About The CustomerA Fortune 50 company invested heavily into intellectual property to design and manufacture energy generation machinery. Employees used this to build the company’s competitive advantage. The company relied on “trust-based” access under the assumption that all employees were trustworthy. When a privileged user was caught attempting to steal proprietary data, it became obvious a ...
According to the Department of Defense, over 200,000 aerospace and defense suppliers are expected to need to meet Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance. Around 76,000 of those businesses will need a CMMC level 2 certification. For Defense Industrial Base (DIB) contractors, a key part of CMMC compliance is tied to securing controlled unclassified information, or CUI. Being...
Too often, organizations silo their data protection efforts. Separating data loss prevention, data classification, and secure collaboration may seem obvious when these tools operate independently. Yet, when the strengths of these tools are combined, data protection becomes a near-unlimited toolbox. Join Wade Barisoff, Fortra’s Director of Product, as he shares insights from his 10+ years’...
Data classification and DLP tools can certainly serve as standalone solutions, but when paired together, organizations can truly benefit from what the solutions have to offer.
In today’s cybersecurity market, we are seeing more vendors than before offering solutions which claim to cover all your security needs under one roof.Sure, from a business efficiency point of view this may seem like a very tempting offer – but in reality is it all too good to be true? Many of the tools in a “one-size-fits-all” platform are essential, but packaged as they are for the standard...
Implementing a DLP policy can help put safeguards around data in your organization. In this blog, we walk you through the steps to creating an effective DLP policy, including how to outline specifications around data classification, handling, and discovery.
Data is the cornerstone of the digital economy, but its constant generation creates challenges for organizations. One such challenge is storing and managing the data securely throughout its lifecycle–namely–creation, storage, processing, archival, and disposition.
Getting personally identifiable information (PII) classification right is one of the first steps to having an effective data protection strategy. We break down four best practices in this blog.
Having a data classification matrix, part of a comprehensive data classification policy, can help organizations better determine the risk level of data.
How do you classify data in your organization? Conducting a data risk assessment and keeping compliance regulations top of mind are some of the first steps to helping an organization protect its data.
The need to be able to share files and collaborate on data as a part of everyday working is crucial for businesses and their users. This internal and external collaboration, while necessary, presents several security challenges to IT. How much of what users are sharing is sensitive information? Where is it being stored and how is it being shared? Once you have the answers to these questions, how...