COMMENT
Data and network
protection should
be your first priority
Having a real insight
and understanding
of your data is a vital
step in being able to
protect it, says Paul
Evans, Founder and
CEO of Redstor.
W
ell over a third of UK businesses
discovered at least one data
breach or attack in the past
year and a 'sizable proportion' did not
have 'basic protections' in place around
data security, it has been reported.
In South Africa, the situation is similar
and the lack of proactive protection
on the part of decision makers is well
documented. The threat of data loss,
data breach or experiencing a malicious
attack is nothing new and many
organisations will have suffered these.
Although the statistics may not line
up perfectly, there is no denying that
organisations of all sizes in most
countries are facing the threat of
malicious data breaches.
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The growing threat against data
Data protection threats can come
in many forms, from both internal
and external sources and range from
disgruntled employees to hackers.
Identifying some of these sources is
the first step to being able to protect
against them.
The explosion of data growth that
many industries are currently facing
presents data protection challenges. With
more data being stored in more varied
locations, as well as being accessed by
more people more regularly, from more
locations, it also becomes difficult to
track how and if data is being protected.
Unfortunately, with the prevalence
of shadow IT and unpredictable user
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