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Immediate Steps Organizations Need to Do Now, Post-NCSAM

Data is the new currency. It comes from everywhere – from our homes, cars, applications – from every point of our lives and from every location.  We are seeing stats of over 42 BILLION entities by 2022 that need protection from criminals. Now ask yourself: are you ready? Is your business ready?

Individuals have more credentials than ever before and there are more THINGS beyond “people” having identities. Breaking it down more, the definition of a consumer “Identity” is changing with the emergence of social identities. The Internet of Things (IoT) is morphing into an “identity” of things in which an identity can be associated with an actual human or machine – meaning an identity is no longer just who is accessing your application, but what is accessing it.

We see significant data breaches each year and will continue to as more companies make their digital transformation journey. Considering all of this, you are likely asking what can be done to secure data in today’s cyber threat landscape.

Determine what matters most, classify it and put access controls on it.
Before you even start a data protection strategy you must know what matters most and what data (structured and unstructured) if lost, stolen or destroyed would cause your organization the most harm. This is becoming more important than ever, not just because of insider threats, but with the growth of ransomware. Once the data is classified you need to control access to it. Take steps to ensure the right (Read more...)

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from RSA Blog authored by Angel Grant, CISSP. Read the original post at: http://www.rsa.com/en-us/blog/2018-10/immediate-steps-organizations-need-to-do-now-post-ncsam.html