Google Maps and PII Repositories
I’m a bit like an elephant. My long-term memory is excellent, my
short-term, not so much. Which is good, because I remember fondly hiking as a
kid on hikes that were became lovingly known as Fiasco Tours.
I don’t want to mislead you. It’s not
like the tours themselves were a fiasco. Despite the name, they were actually
lots of fun. The fiasco relates to the lack of accuracy within the maps that we
had. Back then, we’d
visit the site of a ruin, and there would be a single moss-covered rock left
where the Celts were victorious over the Saxons, or we’d find ourselves chased by bulls because the map was out of
date. And escaping said scrum of bulls by jumping the wall and landing in “farm” slurry.
Now
imagine just how different life would have been with an up-to-date and accurate
map. Sure, there would have been no headlines, but when you have a data breach,
the last thing you want is headlines.
This
is what 1touch.io does
for your network. We create and maintain an up-to-date, accurate map by
discovering your PII repositories and your PII entities that are in use across
the organization. Think of Google Maps for your network. The starting point is
an old map of the area, which is then updated and maintained by Google vehicles
examining the terrain, adding detail to the map, such as pictures of buildings,
and updating any stale information. Similarly, 1touch.io discovers network elements,
such as databases and file-shares by examining the terrain (to be exact, by
examining the network traffic) and updating the network map. Additionally, 1touch.io learns which network elements
are sharing data (specifically looking for PII) to map the flow throughout the
organization accurately.
But
we don’t stop there. We interrogate the
relevant network elements that hold PII, to create another map – that of the lineage of PII across the network. We link
individual data subject entities no matter where we find them, to create the
full picture of that data subject. Which in turn, means that the right to be
forgotten is basically a click away.
And
this is what organizations can achieve today, whether they are trying to meet
GDPR, CCPA, LGPD or any other data privacy laws.
As
far as real-life hiking, I encourage you to go casual hiking with out of date
maps. It is a lot more fun than taking smart devices with you, and the rewards
far outweigh the risks. Let me know how it turns out. I’d love to hear more
Fiasco Tours tales.
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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from 1touch.io authored by Mark Wellins. Read the original post at: https://1touch.io/google-maps-and-pii-repositories/