Classifying your assets
Once you understand the critical data your company stores, you have to figure out where it resides. To do this, you may need to collaborate with the information technology department to figure out where the human resources data is stored and the development teams if you are a software development company to figure out where the source code is stored. You may already know if your company uses Salesforce or HubSpot, so you only need to review the access controls around those programs.
The hard truth is that many businesses do not know the location of their data. While they typically understand where the majority of their data resides, they are often unaware of the number of copies hidden within various laptops and servers. Hopefully, some products will help you automatically discover where your critical data resides. Products such as Varonis, Securiti, and Cloudwize.io. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) products will provide the following features:
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