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Uncontrolled User Access to Data, Mismanaged Storage Locations and Data Hoarding Poke Large Holes in Corporate Data Governance ProgramsBlancco Technology Group Study Reveals 69 Percent of Organizations Allow Employees to Move Data onto Personal Mobile Devices and 33 Percent Permit Data Transfers to the Cloud ATLANTA and LONDON, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate data governance programs are difficult to establish and enforce. For the most part, these programs lack the necessary people, processes and technology to effectively fend off security threats, data breaches, regulatory fines and lawsuits. The two weakest links in a company's data governance program are uncontrolled user access to data (53 percent) and managing where data is stored (43 percent), according to the "Data Governance Inside the Enterprise" research study released by Blancco Technology Group today. Data protection and regulatory compliance are further complicated by the fact that organizations are often too lenient in allowing employees to transfer data inside and outside their organizations. For instance, 69 percent of the surveyed IT professionals admitted they allow employees to transfer data onto their personal mobile devices with only minor limitations and 33 percent allow employees to move data to cloud providers, such as Dropbox, without any restrictions at all. On top of this, 47 percent of organizations either have limited visibility or no visibility at all into how employees move data offsite. Key findings from the study include:
"The reality is that many organizations adhere to a 'storage is cheap, keep everything' mentality," said Richard Stiennon, Chief Strategy Officer, Blancco Technology Group. "Data hoarding as a practice can be dangerous, as we saw during the Yahoo hack last year when hacker 'Peace' leaked four-year-old data from 200 million Yahoo accounts onto the dark web. Organizations need to learn that, as data ages, its usefulness declines. In actual fact, all retained data is a liability for discovery, breach, theft or loss. When its value is less than the liability, when customers demand it (i.e. closing out accounts) and when regulations require it, organizations need to permanently erase the data so it can never be recovered and result in another situation like the Yahoo breach." About Blancco Technology Group Blancco Technology Group (AIM: BLTG) is the de facto standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics. The Blancco Data Eraser solutions provide thousands of organizations with an absolute line of defense against costly security breaches, as well as verification of regulatory compliance through a 100% tamper-proof audit trail. Our data erasure solutions have been tested, certified, approved and recommended by 18 governing bodies around the world. No other security firm can boast this level of compliance with the most rigorous requirements set by government agencies, legal authorities and independent testing laboratories. The Blancco Mobile Diagnostics solutions enable mobile network operators, retailers and insurers to easily, quickly and accurately identify and resolve performance issues on their customers' mobile devices. As a result, mobile service providers can spend less time dealing with technical issues and, in turn, reduce the quantity of NTF returns, save on operational costs and increase customer satisfaction. For more information, visit our website at www.blancco.com. Media Contacts: SAY Communications for Blancco Technology Group (Europe) Blancco Technology Group Logo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/274522/blancco_Logo.jpg |