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DBA Corner: Data Security is Not Just a Technology Problem


By Craig S. Mullins

As you work to protect your data in this day-and-age of data breaches and regulatory compliance, technology and software solutions to data and database security spring to the top of most people's minds. This is to be expected because, after all, most of our data is stored on computers so technology and software are required to protect the data from unauthorized access. This is a good thing: Technology is a crucial component of protecting your valuable business data. But it is not the only thing.

Usually I write about technology but the non-technology side of protecting data is equally important, if not more so. Planning, building, and enforcing a non-technology security policy is, of course, a colossal undertaking. What I want to do here is just to reinforce some of the non-technology things that technical folks like us still need to be aware of in order to protect our data ... full article.

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