Saturday, March 16, 2013

Commonly Used Data Protection Measures

By Robert Velasquez


At the break of every dawn, information collection and processing takes place. While this is a continuous phenomenon in business and law places, stealing of information by unscrupulous and unauthorized individuals has been eminent for a long time now. A relevant solution to protect consumers and service providers from such entries is data protection.

Backing up information often and regularly is the number one measure in information shielding to prevent information loss. Before you decide on backing up information, you have to know the type of information that you deal with and the sensitivity associated with each type. It is recommended that one ensures he or she has enough space on an external media for backing up all information in the computer.

It is therefore important that you bear the above caution in mind when recording information or sending emails. This is because a sensitive information cannot be withheld without any strict reason for doing so, which includes sexuality, race, beliefs, physical and mental health. Take into keen notice that personal information is private information and any exposure of the same to the public could destroy your reputation.

Creating passwords on documents is another in information shielding strategy. This simply means that one has to enter a certain password before he or she gets permission to view the contents of a document. This is necessary where information being handled is sensitive and requires some form of confidentiality.

When you want to use the information in either departments or other countries, you should be aware that consent must be sought first from the individuals. This is not your information and whether it pleases you to an extent you desire to use it, seeking permission to do so would be the most appropriate thing to do. In addition, you must ensure that you treat the information with complete confidentiality when you are using third party providers.

Proper information shielding gives one an assurance that they are in safe hands. This form of protection is no way different to life protection. When a client entrust you with private and confidence information, you should always remember that they are putting their trust in you; they believe that you will not betray them by either stealing their information or exposing them to the public.

Creating files and folders permissions is another data protection strategy. This strategy is meant to allow a certain group of people to have access to certain files and folders while at the same time denying another group of people access to the same files and folders. These permissions allow individuals to write, read and execute the various files and folders.




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