Make a case for Data Classification in your organization

Make a case for data classification in your organization

www.watchfulsoftware.com June 22,2016

Monday, May 1, 2023 © Copyright www.watchfulsoftware.com. 2016 All Rights Reserved. 2

Agenda

1 Introductions & “House Rules”

2 Business Context & Challenges

3 Data Classification is key

4 Data Classification is Evolving

5 First Generation tools “User Driven”

6 Second Generation tools “User Friendly”

7 Use Case on policy driven rules

8 RightsWATCH Audit Trail

9 Q&A and Wrap-up


Introductions

Dick Olsen House RulesYou are muted centrally. You don’t need to mute/unmute yourself

This webinar is being recorded. You’ll have access to it On-demand at www.watchfulsoftware.com/en/resources

The Q&A session will be at the end. You are welcomed to enter questions anytime, using the Questions feature in the GoToWebinar control panel

Dick Olsen serves as the marketing lead for Watchful Software and is responsible for brand positioning and messaging.

http://www.watchfulsoftware.com/en/resources


1 Securing data and company secrets has become increasing difficult

2 40% of enterprises will experience data breach this year

3 Data breaches damage reputations, customers and employees

4 Corporate security policies are often complex and difficult for users to understand

Business Context & Challenges


Data Classification is the most effective step to securing your data

• Securing Data as it is created through Classification is the most effective step in securing your data

• Works at the point of creation• Is driven by your corporate policies• Determines who can see the data

before it is shared


Policy-driven Classification

data is truly sensitive?

should have access to it?

is the data to be handled?

should the classification change?

What

Who

How

When

should the data be protected?

Where


Data classification tools are evolving to become more effective

• Data classification tools are evolving to become more effective

• As a data security professional it is your responsibility to continually upgrade your solutions

• Most employees do not know or care much about protecting data

• “It is somebody else's job”• It is time consuming and complicated

to comply with policies


First Generation User Driven Data Classification Products

• First generation classification tools are classified as “user driven”

• Required in-depth understanding of your corporate security policies

• User judgement calls• Drop down questions• Classification errors• Incomplete compliance• Result in Leaks


Second Generation User Friendly Automated Systems

• RightsWATCH is a user friendly automated system that works to classify your data in compliance with your security guidelines

• Digitizes your corporate classification guidelines to automate designation of data

• Properly classifies information when it is created so it is handled appropriately

• Streamlines and simplifies the user experience

• Relieves the end user from the need to understand and apply corporate policies

• Makes your existing infrastructure work better

• Improves compliance• Works on new and legacy files


RightsWATCH reads data as it is being created

• RightsWATCH reads data as it is being created by your users

• Applies your classification policies and assigns the correct classification real time

• Eliminates errors• If authorized, enables classification

override

05/01/2023 © Copyright www.watchfulsoftware.com. 2013 All Rights Reserved. 11

Use Cases on Policy-driven Rules

1. Emails are automatically classified based on:

1) to whom is the email being sent

2) which content is written in the email

3) which files are attached to it

Content, Context and Metadata aware

Policy-driven Rules



2. RightsWATCH’s Global Protector dynamically scans legacy data files and automatically classifies ALL files in that repository, enforcing the policy rules.

Global Protector Server



3. A user is prevented from saving a document to an unauthorized location and/or with unauthorized content. RightsWATCH blocks the file from being saved and shows the user the reason why.

Warn/BlockRules


RightsWatch provides an audit trail

• RightsWATCH provides a comprehensive audit trail

• Documents and traces any authorized or unauthorized access to confidential data

• Provides real time information detailing who is doing what, when and how with classified information

• Enables organizations to improve regulatory compliance


RightsWATCH Summary

• RightsWATCH automated systems represent a significant upgrade to earlier user driven products

• Data classification in compliance with corporate protocols at the point of creation is an essential step in the plan to secure data

• Early tools are complicated and failed to gain user support and usage proved minimal

• RightsWATCH automated policy driven product streamlines the user experience

• RightsWATCH improves your existing security infrastructure and compliance

• RightsWATCH is necessary upgrade to protect your data


Check out the “Resources” area on www.watchfulsoftware.com and watch short product walkthrough demonstrations of how RightsWATCH address a comprehensive set of use cases

E-mail [email protected] to request a demo of RightsWATCH

This webinar is being recorded. You’ll have access to it On-demand at www.watchfulsoftware.com

Q&A

www.watchfulsoftware.com June 22, 2016

Make a case for data classification in your organization

Make a case for Data Classification in your organization

Software

Transcript of Make a case for Data Classification in your organization