Enterprise Strategy Group: ERM - A Superior Approach to Information Protection and Control

Information security is no longer the exclusive domain of technologists, intelligence agencies, and academics. Data breaches are now a serious business risk. A single breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or proprietary intellectual property can destroy corporate reputation and lead to millions of dollars in unexpected repair costs.

Enterprise organizations employing a holistic approach to security with access and usage controls applied to the information itself can mitigate the risk of potential revenue and capital losses based on reputation damage, customer loss and lawsuits caused by a data breach or information leakage event.

"When it comes to confidential information contained in electronic documents, most companies do have written policies and some security safeguards in place, but ESG still sees an alarming number of data breaches at many large organizations. Adopting acceptable use policies to secure document-based confidential information are worthless if they aren’t properly communicated, monitored, and enforced at all times."

- Jon Oltsik, Sr. Information Security Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group