Perspectives from IT Leaders on Data, Security and Data Privacy

IT leaders have given their comments on the concepts of data privacy, data management and data security.

Sundar Balasubramanian, MD, India and SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies says, "Toward the end of 2021, Check Point Research noted that cyber-attacks against corporate networks had increased by a staggering 50% on the previous year. The education and research sector was the hardest hit, averaging 1,605 attacks per week, with government organisations, communications companies and internet service providers close behind. Even attacks on the healthcare sector were up 71% on pre-pandemic levels, showing nothing is off-limits to threat actors.  In our 2022 Security Report, we also noted that email had become an increasingly popular vector for distributing malware throughout the pandemic, now accounting for 84% of malware distribution. Beyond the corporate world, it was also clear that large-scale attacks on critical infrastructure, such as the Colonial Pipeline incident, had a very real impact on people’s day-to-day lives, even threatening their physical sense of security."

"Data Privacy Day, or Data Protection Day as it’s known in Europe, is the perfect time for individuals and businesses to evaluate their data hygiene and security protocols to ensure their data is kept as safe and secure as possible."

--Sundar Balasubramanian, MD, India and SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies

"Seize the moment by reviewing data processing activities to understand what’s being collected, how it’s being stored, and who it’s being shared with - and more importantly, if all of this information must continue to be collected and stored long term."

--Yogesh Badwe, Chief Security Officer, Druva

Yogesh Badwe, Chief Security Officer, Druva says, This year’s Data Privacy Day is an opportunity for businesses to take inventory of their protection practices and identify what more they can do to build trust. Keeping the end user’s privacy interests at heart and leading with transparency is a fool-proof strategy; it will never fail. Organisations should look to leverage the cloud to streamline governance and achieve data resilience at scale. Just in the last week, the Biden administration has mandated federal agencies to more widely deploy cloud technologies in an effort to strengthen the nation’s defenses. Now is the time to act before violations result in fines, loss in customer trust, or worse."

Data privacy is of utmost importance for the efficient management of any digital services for the enterprises and smaller businesses.

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