Cloud and hybrid environments, expanded attack surfaces, changing compliance and regulations, and advancing user experiences simultaneously increase the need for and complicate the development of an effective data protection program.

Saving sensitive and critical data from loss, theft, and tampering is the right thing to do for users and brands and required in many instances. But ad hoc data protection strategies can lack the necessary scope to align policies and processes to avoid gaps that increase risk.

Nine cornerstones are recommended by our data expert for building a foundational data protection program that protects data from loss, corruption, and misuse throughout the data life cycle.

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