Data Privacy or Data Security: Which One is Important for You?

In recent years, organizations of all sizes have been impacted by data breaches & leaks, which have resulted in significant monetary & non-monetary damages. Business heads, CIOs, and CISOs and their data are always on the brink of a cyber attack since the number of cybercriminals has increased multi-folds. Such data breaches & leaks can cause a significant dent in a brand’s image, resulting in both monetary & non-monetary losses. Data protection and data security are important for safeguarding critical data against these forms of online attacks.

What is Cybersecurity?

Every day a lot of valuable information is uploaded & exchanged over the Internet, exposing their integrity & confidentiality. Cybersecurity includes all the protective measures deployed to secure the digital and web assets against all forms of online threats & human-induced errors. The web assets also need to be secured against privilege escalations and unauthorized users. This is when Information Security comes into the picture, depicting the practices of preventing all unauthorized access, modification, or destruction of information in any form.

Pillars of Information Security

The following pillars of Information Security are also known as the CIA Triad, which has to be addressed for obtaining satisfactory levels of information security.

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