Why Data-Centric Security Matters

B a s e d

is what most organizations focus on!!!

Security

Perimeter

W h y I s T h a t

W r o n g ? ? ?

This doesn’t account for accidental

or malicious exposure of sensitive info

???

W h a t I s T h e

Proper Soluti on

Security

Data-Centric

It’s security for individual files which keeps data safe even

after it leaves a business network

A n

Example

Here’s

Company X invested a great deal of time, effort, and

money to secure its network

It went way beyond firewall to block hackers, executing smart policies, and security

controls

E v e r y t h i n g Wa sD o n e

Correct ly R i g h t? ? ?

Not Totally! Company X security measures neglected

enterprise based data-centric security

B e c a m e

Company X

This

Weakness

When Company X sent its VP to a conference, he ran into problems when he tried to

share some files

Once he shared these files to a Dropbox folder, the VP didn’t

realize it was already with non-Company peers

Competi ti on

I t W a s

Company X

Competition gained access to the files because no

authentication was required

Uncommon

T h e s eS i t u a ti o n s

Aren’t

Which could have been prevented with an enterprise

based data-centric file security system