Symantec explains how to protect your sensitive data

Through a new article published on its blog, the well-known company Symantec, engaged in the field of computer security, has published some useful tips to protect confidential data from any malicious persons. It is certainly no mystery that, especially in recent years, cyber attacks have increased quite evidently. Just recently, for example, we told you about those that hit the Lazio region and Accenture. Those who work with computers on a daily basis should be educated and informed about the risks they run by connecting their device to the Internet and what countermeasures they take to ensure that any attacks do not compromise their system.

The first fundamental point is those to activate Full Disk Encryption (or Full Disk Encryption - FDE), which on Windows is called BitLocker, while on macOS it is FileVault (and on other operating systems it still has other names). This allows you to avoid that your data is easily recoverable in case your device falls into the wrong hands (think for example of the theft of a notebook). Subsequently it is necessary to limit the confidential data to the office and absolutely avoid transferring them to other media outside the company (unless previously encrypted). It goes without saying that sensitive data must absolutely not be transferred unencrypted over the Internet, but password-protected archives must be used.

Another particularly important thing is the deletion of confidential data as soon as it is no longer needed, to be carried out safely to avoid any recovery. Backups are also essential, but it is absolutely necessary to encrypt them and, if possible, store more than one copy. Obviously, the use of encryption passwords implies having to write down or memorize the passwords used somewhere and, for this purpose, it is recommended to use an application specially created for this task.

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