Data security protects digital information from theft or unauthorized access regardless of whether it’s stored at rest, in transit or in use. It involves the use of different tools, technologies and methods such as access control encryption, data masking, sensitive file redaction tokenization, hashing, tokenization and key access management. Physical security is also part of the equation to safeguard equipment and facilities that hold sensitive data.
Prevention of breaches: Alongside regulatory compliance, preventing data leaks keeps customers’ trust intact and helps create an image of confidence for the company. This is the case even for small-sized companies, who may be subject to reputational damage as well as financial losses when customers’ PII is revealed.
Secures valuable information: Private information, such as the bank’s client list or hospital’s patient records, isn’t meant for prying eyes. Keeping this kind of information safe helps businesses maintain a competitive edge.
Make sure that data can’t be accessed when it’s needed not valuable to anyone, so it’s vital to have a backup strategy for recovering data that’s saved. Solutions are available to prevent interruptions caused by ransomware, for instance, by offering cloud-based disaster recovery as a service, or by offering data snapshots.
Removes old information: If a business doesn’t require certain files in the future, it should remove them completely from its systems, and not just overwrite space with new data. Data erasers are the process of using software to overwrite any files on any device so that they cannot be recovered.