Security News > 2022 > November > The security dilemma of data sprawl

Data sprawl refers to the spread of company information to various places, which often comes from dispersed and unmanaged cloud app use.

Incidents like these cause organizations to reactively prioritize better security policies, which include data visibility and monitoring, but a proactive strategy can be more effective in safeguarding sensitive data amid such massive data sprawl.

With the right security strategies and policies in place, security teams can confidently embrace cloud services and hybrid working environments without worrying about data sprawl.

User behavior analytics can complement the security controls described above by identifying risky user behaviors, such as sudden increases in downloads from managed apps and app instances or uploads to unmanaged apps and app instances.

Companies' journey to the cloud must bring with it stringent security policies and the proper security infrastructure to get ahead of unruly app use and the massive data sprawl challenge that stems from it.

Hybrid work will only be successful if organizations, and specifically their security teams, take a proactive approach to limiting data sprawl.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/11/08/limiting-data-sprawl/