Security News > 2022 > January > Data Privacy Day: Security experts' tips for 2022

Data Privacy Day is a day to focus on best practices for ensuring private data remains that way.

While in theory every day should be Data Privacy Day, having an annual day to focus on promoting these concepts can help build awareness and share useful information.

"Moreover, data protection should be present as a strong, invisible layer; it shouldn't hamper operations, nor should it require big changes or specialized training. It's best to educate employees on the do's and don'ts of data protection in a way that is contextually integrated into their work, as opposed to relying solely on periodic trainings. To do this, leaders should implement alerts in the system that pop up and inform users about any violations to data protection policies the users' actions are causing. Such alerts help employees learn contextually, and ultimately, this training results in fewer data management errors," Ganesan said.

"2021 was one of the worst years for cybersecurity ransomware attacks to date. The threat will only grow in the upcoming year as attackers become emboldened by their success and the lack of adequate responses against them. However, data privacy will be driven by changing perceptions of how important it is for public and private sector organizations to safeguard personal data and what exactly is considered 'personal data.' The need to protect personal data and information will impact where and how data is stored, integrated and analyzed in accordance with an expanding set of data privacy regulations, balanced against the need to better understand consumers, citizens, patients and employees working remotely," Carr said.

Rina Shainski, chair and co-founder of Dualiy Technologies, pointed out that two key questions to ask on Data Privacy Day are "How can we increase the business community's understanding that privacy is a necessity for enterprises both large and small?" and "What will incentivize businesses to proactively integrate data privacy protection into their day-to-day operations?".

"Consumers are increasingly aware of their privacy rights and are often reluctant to compromise them, even at the expense of missing out on new services. Businesses today must take this into account when building new digital services if they want to develop trustworthy data-sharing relationships with consumers. In addition, given the expanding scope of data privacy regulations, businesses often need to re-engineer their existing processes in order to guarantee more extensive data privacy protection," she said.

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