Overview
The escalation of security breaches involving personally identifiable information (PII) has contributed to the loss of millions of records over the past few years. Breaches involving PII are hazardous to both individuals and organizations. Individual harms may include identity theft, embarrassment, or blackmail. Organizational harms may include a loss of public trust, legal liability, or remediation costs.
Knowing where your devices reside and how to protect them is vitally important. While this is important, understand that most attackers are not after your devices; they are after the sensitive information that resides on them.
Protecting your company's and client information
No security posture is 100% effective against attackers. That is why IT teams must proactively identify and protect sensitive and regulated data whether “at rest” in file stores or “in motion” as it is sent or received. Information Protection solutions reduce your attack surface and compliance risk by automatically classifying sensitive data so that the people who need it—and only those people—have access. Transparent policy enforcement and response protects your data without interrupting your business processes.
advanced threats targeting your data
There are many different threats targeting your data. One of the most common is cyber criminals. These are individuals
or organizations who know they can steal our sensitive data and use it to commit fraud or simply sell it to others.
Unfortunately, there are several other threats targeting us that are far more advanced than common cyber criminals.
One is your competitors. Some of your competitors may be unethical in the ways they operate. They may attempt to
compromise your organization and steal your data to gain a competitive advantage. Another threat is countries that target
your data for economic, political or military gain. These countries often have highly skilled hackers whose full-time job
is to hack into your organization. You may not think your data has value to others, but it does.
