Customer Data Privacy and Security

As companies aggregate and use customer data from myriad sources, they are responsible for protecting this data, despite the fact that numerous companies have succumbed to breaches. With such a proliferation of customer data coming from so many digital channels, companies often have to employ powerful data privacy and security measures to ease customers' concerns. Data breaches and cyber-attacks are all too common in today's business landscape and companies need to be prepared to face those challenges or risk a disaster that could irreparably damage their reputations. This section covers practices and tools for customer identity and access management, identity protection and management, authentication, encryption and more.

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