Third party risk is certainly not new. But in our hyper-collaborative economy, it’s rapidly rising in significance.
The greatest data loss risk occurs when content moves outside an organization’s direct control. Writing in Security Boulevard, Steph Charbonneau, Senior Director for Data Security at Fortra, explains how organizations can manage and control this risk without paralyzing their ability to do business.
Excerpt:
"Third-party risk is certainly not a new risk vector. But in our hyper-collaborative economy, it’s rapidly rising in significance. Whether you’re in financial services, telecommunications or manufacturing, your greatest risk to data loss occurs when content moves outside of your direct control. Yet we can’t afford to stop collaborating. What’s needed is data-centric security, a way to keep control over this valuable information without paralyzing the ability to do business."
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