Data privacy in modern business
Chapter 8, Effective Defense Tactics and Data Protection, focuses on data protection and security, exploring the various methods, procedures, challenges, and best practices to maximize data security. However, securing data does not stop at preventing threat actors from accessing or abusing data; it extends to the proper handling of the data – that is, the objective of data privacy. Data protection seems to be a straightforward concept to cybersecurity professionals and executives (ensuring that data confidentiality, integrity, and availability are maintained). But when it comes to data privacy, the understanding becomes confusing. We need to think of privacy, answering the following questions: How is data legally collected? How is data stored? How is data legally shared?
The term legally in the questions is essential due to strong regulations on data privacy in modern business. Usable security must take privacy into consideration because as...