| | SEPTEMBER 2023ENTERPRISE SECURITY8IN MY OPINIONIN MY OPINIONData. Its the lifeblood of every organization. Organizations produce, use, and store different types of information. Without data, what else would there be? As the data is collected, we apply labels to it to determine its sensitivity. The US government use labels such as secret or top secret whereas businesses may use confidential or restricted. We also have data laws and regulations in place to protect intellectual property or personally identifiable information. Secrets, used to protect our sensitive data is also an important aspect of any business. Secrets are used to restrict access to the sensitive information we are bound to protect. These can come in the form of credentials or encryption keys used to define who can or cannot access the sensitive data. Secrets become just as important, if not more important than the data we are supposed to protect.We often think of secrets as the common username and password, a set of credentials used to protect data from others. Secrets can also come in the form of API keys and private encryption keys. We use secrets to protect access to our email, online photos, even banking and online shopping. Businesses use secrets to protect access to internal networks or keep competitors from accessing proprietary information.Many US states have passed laws used to define and protect sensitive By Jason Brown, Information Technology Security Manager, The Shyft GroupPROTECTING YOUR SECRETSJason Brown
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