The journey to a comprehensive data protection strategy should include a focus on enabling the business through security best practices and specific data protection use cases that are relevant. In essence, secure the data today while building and implementing the overall data protection plan for the future. This article highlights three specific data protection use cases that can be implemented as part of an overall strategy. To summarize these use cases:
- Insider threats: Detect and prevent malicious insiders from data exfiltration
- Phishing attacks: Mitigate impersonation with multi-factor authentication
- Data leaks: Detect and mitigate overexposed resources and assets
A General Approach to Data Protection
Data protection is a critical issue for all organizations that use the cloud to store data electronically. The goal of a comprehensive data protection strategy is to ensure the security and confidentiality of an organization's data while minimizing the impact of data breaches. There are a number of technical and organizational measures that can be taken to protect data. In general, these measures include data encryption, data backup and recovery, access control, and user education.