What is a Data Security?
Definition
Protection of information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction through encryption, access controls, monitoring, and security policies. Data security encompasses network security, application security, endpoint security, and physical security measures."
Why This Matters
Data security measures including encryption, access controls, monitoring, and incident response protect your information assets. Security should be evaluated thoroughly as breaches create substantial financial, legal, and reputational consequences.
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Data Encryption
Security & Compliance
Converting data into coded format using algorithms to prevent unauthorized access.
Access Control
Security & Compliance
Security mechanisms restricting system access based on user roles, permissions, and authentication including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, role-based access control, and least privilege principles.
Security Controls
Security & Compliance
Technical and procedural safeguards implemented to protect data, systems, and infrastructure from unauthorized access, breaches, and threats.
SOC 2
Security & Compliance
Service Organization Control 2 - an auditing standard for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of customer data in cloud services.
ISO 27001
Security & Compliance
International standard for information security management systems specifying requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and improving security controls.
Incident Response
Security & Compliance
Structured approach to detecting, analyzing, containing, and recovering from security breaches including incident detection, assessment, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review.
Security Audit
Security & Compliance
Independent examination of security controls, policies, and practices verifying compliance with standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, or industry regulations.
Vulnerability Assessment
Security & Compliance
Systematic review identifying security weaknesses in systems through automated scanning and manual testing.
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