Building a Data-First Security Program

Published: March 10, 2022, 11 a.m.

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Could you build a data-first security program? What would you do if you focused your security program on just the asset?

Check out\\xa0this post\\xa0for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week\\u2019s episode co-hosted by me,\\xa0David Spark\\xa0(@dspark), the producer of\\xa0CISO Series, and\\xa0Steve Zalewski.\\xa0Our sponsored guest is Brian Vecci (@brianthevecci), field CTO, Varonis.

Thanks to our sponsor, Varonis

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On average, an employee can access 17 million files on day one. Varonis will show you where critical data is vulnerable, detect anomalies, and automatically right-size privileges to get you to \\u201cZero Trust.\\u201d Their data security platform can test your ransomware readiness and show you where you stack up. Learn more at www.varonis.com/cisoseries.

In this episode:

  • Do I know where my sensitive data lives? How can I tell?
  • Why do all the tools that try to classify data fail miserably?
  • How much should we teach the data owners about risks in collecting and storing the information?

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