Security News > 2023 > January > 10 data security enhancements to consider as your employees return to the office

"The increase in data breach incidents across North America is troubling and must be prioritized as employees continue to return in-person to their corporate offices," said Kuljit Chahal, Practice Lead, Data Security at Adastra North America.

Awareness of data security best practices among employees is essential-according to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 82% of data breaches are caused by human error and companies of all sizes are at risk.

"In our role as data security experts, we have found that some companies, especially smaller ones, can be lulled into a false sense of security believing that perpetrators will not bother with them­-this is absolutely not the case," said Chahal.

"The results of this survey should serve as a reminder that companies of all sizes must invest in data security protection, resources and education, particularly as we return to in-office activities," he said.

A data inventory or catalogue identifies sensitive data, which allows appropriate security controls like encryption, access restrictions and monitoring to be placed on the most important data.

Understanding what data is required and what can be archived helps to keep control over data assets.

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