Chapter 10
Data Loss and Disaster Recovery
IN THIS CHAPTER
Recognizing the dangers of email
Keeping data loss at a minimum
Securing cloud data from theft
Dealing with disasters
Taking chaos in stride
Cloud security is about more than protecting your data from hackers — it’s also about securing the data from loss caused by theft or disaster. Data loss prevention (DLP) has a simple goal: Keep important data safe, whether from leaving your business in an unauthorized manner — walking out the door, you might say — or totally lost because of some random disaster. It’s a major issue for security administrators because of the landscape and the scope of the challenge — particularly when the landscape includes multiple cloud environments.
A great percentage of data loss comes from within and not from external hack attempts. As unpleasant as it might sound, you’re faced with protecting the data from the intentional or unintentional actions of people who might actually have approved access ...
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