Anonymization and data encryption
Due to the possibility of different attacks and threats, organizations have become more responsible about safeguarding the data rights of their employees. The Data Breach Survey of 2019 revealed that 79% of CIOs were convinced that company data was put at risk in the previous year because of actions by their employees (https://www.grcelearning.com/blog/cios-increasingly-concerned-about-insider-threats). The data security practices of as many as 61% of employees put the company at risk, which led organizations to adopt best practices related to data anonymization. Some of the practices that organizations should follow to comply with GDPR and other regulations will be discussed in this section.
Data anonymization or pseudo-anonymization needs to be carried out on PII, which mainly includes names, ages, Social Security Numbers (SSNs), credit card details, bank account numbers, salaries, mobile numbers, passwords, and security questions.
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