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Organizations

Increasingly Relying on

AI-Based Cybersecurity

to Secure Data

Sunil Sharma
Managing Director,
Sales, Sophos (India & SAARC)

As the premier provider of next- Well-executed data security helps It should be considered an

g e n e r a t i o n c y b e r s e c u r i t y organizations protect their data important aspect right from the
globally, Sophos offers products from breaches, unauthorized product planning stage.
a n d s o l u t i o n s s p a n n i n g access, and data exfiltration. It It will then allow organizations to
c o m m u n i c a t i o n e n d p o i n t , also helps to minimize the impact implement processes and tools
of a sophisticated attack like a
network security, encryption, ransomware attack. that help them secure data at each
mobile security, email security, stage of the business cycle.
The Role of DLP in Ensuring Safety
and UTM. Here, Sunil Sharma from Data Breaches Following are the recommended

outlines how data has become Having data loss prevention tools best practices for data security:
the new oil for organizations, big a n d p r o c e s s e s h e l p s Encrypt wherever possible
and small, and why having a organizations classify data as one Deploy advanced anti-malware
robust data security strategy is cannot treat all the data equally. a n d a n t i - r a n s o m w a r e

mandatory for businesses. DLP restricts the movement of prevention
sensitive data and helps track and
The Need for a Robust Data Identity and access management
Security Strategy secure accidental as well as

Data is the new oil for any intentional data leaks. In case of Usage of password management
company dealing with internal or breach or other sophisticated Deploy CSPM (Cloud security
external data. Organizations attacks, DLP helps to prevent data posture management) if data
understand the importance of exfiltration. It helps organizations backed up in the cloud
data and are trying to ensure a t o m a i n t a i n c o m p l i a n c e Data Security Trends
robust data security strategy to applicable to their industry and Email-based attacks are on the
have business continuity and region. r i s e . I n r e s p o n s e t o t h a t ,
integrity. Best Data Security Practices for organizations are relying more on
Modern-day Organizations
AI-based cybersecurity. Another
Organizations must start thinking trend is organizations are now
of 'data security as one of the becoming serious about their

March 2022 essential elements of a business. cloud security.