Protecting your data
Data protection legislation demands that data about identifiable individuals is used in accordance with ‘good handling principles’. Recent government data security breaches offer a warning to businesses working with sensitive information: evaluation of your data protection measures is not merely advisable. It is essential.
As Jon Rolls reports today in Computer Weekly, “[t]here are numerous outlets for data on the modern PC, including USB and Firewire ports, CD and DVD recorders and even built-in storage media slots…business professionals can now use personal storage devices, such as USB memory sticks, iPods, digital cameras and smart phones to remove or copy sensitive information for malicious intent or personal gain.”
The usage of data outlets will often be important to employees for the functioning of day-to-day business, so it is usually not practical to prohibit their use altogether. Doherty Associates can assist in the designing and implementing of policies that allow different levels of port and data access to users within the same company. Such policies enable businesses to dramatically reduce the risk of data leakages and internal security breaches, without overly limiting the functionality of their systems.
For further information on IT security, please contact a member of the Doherty team on 0208 987 1150.