Controls to Secure a Growing Digital Footprint

Overview

The amount of electronic content that business organizations contend with is growing at incredible rates. Terms like “Big Data” and “Information Overload”, are being used by overwhelmed information workers on a daily basis. Additionally, because of the move to a much larger telecommuter footprint, electronic data is now even more prevalently utilized. This session discusses the places that businesses keep digital information and addresses the importance of securing corporate electronic data. The material effectively shows ways to achieve high security standards for content stored in fixed locations, on mobile devices and in the cloud. Participants in this session will gain an understanding of the concepts needed to improve the way they, and their companies secure digital information.

Highlights

• Securing individual documents
• Protecting information resident in the Cloud
• Securing data stored on or accessed by mobile devices

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Accounting and other business professionals that need to add security to the electronic content with which they work.

Objectives

• Identify some of the security risks that affect electronic information
• Select cloud storage providers by employing vetting process
• Recognize the steps to effectively set up and control cloud storage
• Recall ways to add security to individual electronic documents as well as to storage areas that must be controlled

Preparation

None