The Essential Guide to Information Security

The Essential Guide to Information Security

Information security relates to data protection and all actions we take to prevent our information from being exposed. In today’s age of technology, data is the most valuable asset of any organization and must be protected. Every day thousands of new data are generated that need to be processed and that need to be safeguarded. Information security has been the top concern of IT managers and by 2020 it will remain a priority for organizations. We have selected some essential information security concepts. Follow us throughout this article!

Data Backup

The backup lets you safeguard data and files. If there is a computer problem and important files are lost, the only alternative is to redo the work that was previously done. This leads to a large break in productivity. Having an up-to-date backup of your data will allow business performance to be unaffected because even in the event of a computer disaster employees will have access to the documents they need to work. Cloud backup solutions are more secure than traditional options and are also cheaper.

Personal data

According to the GDPR, personal information is considered to be any information relating to an individual person identified or identifiable through it (identifiable ‘by reference to an identification number or to one or more specific elements of his/her physical, physiological, psychological identity, economic, cultural or social ‘). Customer data is the most important information of an organization, so special attention is required in handling this data.

Disaster Recovery

A disaster recovery solution is a very complete process that ensures data protection and disaster recovery. Backup is part of disaster recovery, but it is just one of its components. Disaster recovery is a very complete solution since in addition to copying data it also ensures its efficient recovery in case of natural disasters or infrastructure failures. This type of solution is aimed at eliminating (or at least largely minimizing) a company’s downtime due to failures. RAAS is a disaster recovery service fully managed by expert staff and gives you the possibility to recover a virtual server in seconds.

Data masking

The data masking provided by Datapeers aims to create a structurally identical but not equal version of the data. This technique creates a database with fictitious but realistic information that can be used for testing and training purposes. Data masking solutions offer a variety of sophisticated scrambling techniques to protect sensitive data, irreversibly replacing it with unrealistic data while maintaining referential integrity of the database.

Security policy

The information security policy is a document developed by the company that records the security principles that the company adopts and that must be followed by employees. The security policy should apply to all information systems, both desktop and mobile. In order for the policy to be respected, it is essential that senior managers participate in its implementation and it is advisable to apply sanctions to non-complainants so that people realize the importance of following rules that protect business information.

Data is increasingly important to businesses and action must be taken to protect it from loss and theft!