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FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR DATA SECURITY STRATEGY FOR 2021

Ensuring their organisation has a robust data security strategy in place should be a top priority for modern CIOs . But how can this be effectively achieved ? In our recent Digital Forum , Intelligent CIO Africa ’ s Jess Phillips was joined by Adam Rosen , Vice President , Product Strategy , Stealthbits ; Daniel Wright , Regional Sales Manager MEA , Stealthbits ; Sayed Mabrouk , CTO , Logix and Cyril Esedo , Director / CTO , Logiciel Information Security Solutions Ltd , for a discussion on how visibility is key to good data security , as well as how Stealthbits is working with partners to support customers on their own journeys .

“ typically see classification of data and the Data Loss Prevention ( DLP ) side of it as well . And we see Stealthbits at the front end , because the access to the data , who granted it and who ’ s interacting with it is something that you need to really have visibility and a handle on before you do the second two stages . wWhat does ‘ proper ’ data security look like ?

AR : A big part of ‘ proper ’ security involves making sure that access to data is exclusive , that everyone has sufficient privileges to do their job and access the data necessary for legitimate business purposes . Nothing more , nothing less . I think that ’ s kind of the core fundamental building block that everything revolves around .
DW : I see three components to data security and the engagements that we have . There ’ s the access governance , which is obviously a business of Stealthbits . We
SM : Data governance is one of the most important parts . Also , the audit element is very critical for customers . And of course , you must have full control over the platforms .
CE : For me , data security is a process of protecting files , business data or an account

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