The Importance of Data Security and Privacy Protection
gamersWith the increased attention on attacks on data and cyber-security companies are becoming aware that an essential aspect of risk assessment is ensuring that they have the right security measures in place to safeguard their most valuable assets. These include security measures such as encryption, firewalls, and authentication, but also policies that regulate how information is used, stored, and shared.
Privacy of data is one of the areas of control. This means ensuring that personal information is only collected when it is absolutely necessary, and that companies do not share or store the data with unauthorised third parties. This also means providing users with clear, easy-to-understand policies regarding how their personal information is used, as well as providing them with the option to opt-out from those applications. It also requires compliance with a range of privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.
Wireless, remote access, Bring Your Own Device smart devices and Internet of Things technologies make it difficult for businesses to operate in the modern world. These require careful infrastructure management and robust access control along with a thorough understanding of the rules that apply at local, state, provincial, or country level.
You risk a costly breach, which could harm your reputation and result in you losing customers, and result in fines or lawsuits. You also run the risk that you will lose important information which could help you create innovative products and services to offer your customers. The importance of data protection and security is not overstated.
