From the course: Introduction to IT Architecture

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Enterprise information security

Enterprise information security

- [Instructor] Just as an organization secures its, physical buildings, it also needs to secure its information. All businesses have to be concerned about data breaches, the inadvertent release of sensitive or protected data. Because no industry is exempt. Now common ways in which data is revealed, can include, but you know, this is just kind of a short list, but there are many, many more reasons, but, one could be the theft of equipments. Okay? Especially if it was equipment that was containing un-encrypted information, sometimes equipment is discovered missing during periodic inventory checks. Confidential data, which is posted to a company's public website or, some other inadequately secured accessible location. The improper disposal of data processing equipment. And sometimes you even have accidental exposure through email. Now the source of the breach could be internal or external, and it might be accidental or could…

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