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The Significance of Data l a y e r s
An increasing
number of
organizations
would opt for
encrypting critical
data to prevent any
data breach,
even in the case
of an attack.
A seasoned leader, Alok Sood
has carved his niche in the
Indian IT industry. At Percept
India, a media, communications
& entertainment organization
with a strong presence in India
and the Middle East market, he is
responsible for project planning,
m a n a g e m e n t , a n d
implementation.
In an interaction with DTM, Alok
talks about the growing
importance of data protection
and ways to tackle attacks.
o f p r o t e c t i o n l i k e
Protection & Privacy
The growth in digitalization has
led to an increase in the volume of
data. Hence, it has become
important to classify the data
appropriately, especially the
sensitive information that
organizations handle, including
that of customers, shareholders,
and employees. Apart from data
availability, data protection
governance has also become an
important aspect.
Recovering Data after the Attack
Depending on the criticality of
the data, multiple copies of data
and backups may be required.
DR policies need to be set up to
ensure one copy of the backup is
offsite.
Cloud backups are gaining
much popularity today as they
take care of both back-ups as
well offsite.
Organizations that cannot opt
for certain data backups to the
cloud build solutions on-
p r e m i s e t o e n s u r e
availability with minimum
downtime in the case of attacks.
Tackling Attacks
Both business and IT leaders have
to work jointly in framing data
privacy policies after classifying
the data. The higher the criticality
of data, the higher should be the
encryption, etc. Security solutions
should be set up at the endpoint
level as well as the network layer
to mitigate the chances of the
attack. Insider threat is another
point that must be considered
while framing policies and
implementing technologies.
Trends & More
Data encryption: An increasing
number of organizations would
opt for encrypting critical data to
prevent any data breach, even in
the case of an attack.
Z e r o T r u s t t e c h n o l o g i e s :
I m p l e m e n t e d b o t h a t t h e
endpoint level as well as the
network layer will help reduce
threats like ransomware etc.
P r i v a c y - E n h a n c i n g
Computation Techniques: Unlike
common data-at-rest security
controls, privacy-enhancing
computation (PEC) protects data
in use. As a result, organizations
can implement data processing
a n d a n a l y t i c s t h a t w e r e
d a t a previously impossible because of
privacy or security concerns.
Better AI/ML: Better AI/ML-based
solutions will come into play,
which will be excellent at
detecting potential attacks much
before they happen.
Nov. 2022