Security News > 2021 > November > A Simple 5-Step Framework to Minimize the Risk of a Data Breach

To help, here's a simple 5-step framework businesses of all sizes can use to protect their customer data.

The first step businesses need to take to increase the security of their customer data is to review what types of data they're collecting and why.

Minimizing access to data has another beneficial side effect: it helps to prevent insider threats from causing a data breach.

According to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 61% of all data breaches last year involved the use of credentials, stolen or otherwise.

That's why step four in any competent data protection plan is to ensure that all customer data remains encrypted at all times.

That's why the final step in the customer data protection framework is to develop a data breach response plan.

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