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Cibecs Data Risk Assessment App

By Natasha | October 31, 2011 @ 10:48 am

Giving Business IT Endpoint Insight

The Data Risk Assessment App is an easy solution to planning around multiple data protection challenges facing IT today.” says Cibecs Marketing Manager, Brandon Faber.

“The tool gives businesses insight into what data resides on endpoint devices. in 15 minutes it runs an audit showing how much data resides on laptops & desktops, what types of files users are storing, the average amount of data by file type and the average amount of data each user has on their machine.”

Companies worried about the security of their files need not worry, the App is completely secure and runs in their environment – it doesn’t report on individual users or their data details. “We are vigilant when it comes to protecting business data.” Says Faber, “One of our first considerations was ensuring that the App poses no risk to the security of organizations’ information-  as an endpoint data protection company this is something we are very familiar with.”

Once the App has done a quick data audit on a sample group of PCs, businesses can pull their data report which details the following:

Corporate Governance Compliance and Data Protection

By Natasha | October 28, 2011 @ 1:23 pm

Data Protection & Corporate Governance Compliance in South Africa

Compliance & Legalities around business Data Protection in South Africa

Protecting data correctly and effectively is a paramount business continuity imperative. Not only do organizations with ineffective data protection strategies face the immediate costs and productivity interruption of data loss, they leave themselves vulnerable to data theft, unauthorised access to confidential files and are liable for legal penalties and criminal consequences due to failed corporate governance compliance.

Responsibility for protection of data cannot be left as IT’s problem- stewardship and buy-in is required at an executive level to avoid negligence, prevent reputational damage and to implement a solution that addresses areas of vulnerability.

The reality of data mismanagement is increasingly consequential. Failure to address your organization’s risks with urgency only increases exposure and the probability of suffering financial and legal penalties.

Often however, Acts and Reports are long-winded, making them difficult to digest and complicated to drill down to tangible and actionable items. However, without securing your data and ensuring that your data protection covers all the bases- the personal and organizational consequences can be detrimental.

We’ve broken down the main Acts and Reports pertaining to data protection in enterprise environments and placed them in the table above as an easy reference, there are certain guidelines & requirements that all companies must follow:

Cibecs Business Data Protection Resources

By Natasha | October 13, 2011 @ 12:30 pm

A guide to our Endpoint Data Backup Resources

 
The Cibecs resource center has multiple best practices, videos, case studies and blogs on endpoint data protection.

To make navigating our Cibecs resource center simpler, we’ve compiled a list of all our resources by topic.

An introduction to Endpoint Data Protection

Suggested resources

Link

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Get your Free Data Risk Assessment

Download our App for your assessment in 15 mins

Case study

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

TCTA cuts IT support costs by 60%

With a dramatic increase in user data, TCTA had a management nightmare…

White paper

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Case for Endpoint Data Protection

Why endpoint data protection is a business imperative

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