Security for your data is a crucial element in protecting yourself from costly and potentially damaging data breaches. With a soaring attack surface and ever-changing threats, securing your data becomes increasingly difficult. In this article, you’ll find out about the primary strategies for protection and ways to help keep your data safe from hackers and other criminals.
Definition:
Privacy is the right of individuals to control their personal data, including how it is collected, used and disclosed. This includes the right for organisations to stop using your data. However, data protection goes further to ensure that the personal information is only accessible by authorized personnel. It also restricts access to personal information by encrypting it, so only those with the encryption key are able to access the information. This is particularly crucial when it comes to transferring data via the internet or when storing them on a laptop or mobile phone. Additionally, it is crucial to comply with all laws and regulations governing the use of personal data like GDPR or CCPA.
Hackers are often motivated by their own personal interests who are trying to obtain your personal information so that they can sell it or use it for illicit purposes. This is why it’s important to know your data and secure it from malicious attackers. It’s why you should invest in solid authentication systems that can verify the identity of a person through checking what they know (e.g. an account number) and/or have (e.g. security token, fingerprint).