In this article, Steph Charbonneau looks at what’s driving demand for enhanced privacy and data protection.
Orginally published in Datacenter Dynamics
Excerpt:
As a result of all this heightened publicity, people are becoming much more aware of their rights as a consumer, and this means data security is having an impact on purchasing decisions. It’s also influencing the way in which organization prioritize budgets. According to a recent Now Tech Forrester report, budgets for privacy management software in particular are growing. On top of this, investments aimed at improving privacy and data protection practices are coming from a variety of departments, not just IT security, as employees, customers, and partners become more aware of expectations and the need to better safeguard data – whether that be personal or corporate.
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