Confidential data such as contracts, bank documents, and personal details can cause many problems when it falls into the wrong hands. Every individual and business has sensitive data that needs adequate protection. Every second, 68 records are lost or stolen by criminals. Most people don’t realize the importance of safety practices until it’s too late.

As an anti-piracy and protection company, we have prepared this guide to help you keep your sensitive data secure. Your data is valuable, so take care of it with these practices:

1. Keep Your Confidential Data Separate

Before moving on to other steps, you need to organize your data efficiently. Move all your confidential files into separate folders on your phone or laptop. The idea here is not to mix your sensitive data with random data to avoid accidentally sharing or deleting it.

Also, if you have any confidential data you don’t need anymore, it’s better to delete it rather than risk it being misused. Empty your recycle bin after deleting any data and use a file-shredder utility to prevent recovery.

2. Encrypt Your Data & Devices

Encryption keeps your data protected by hiding it from everyone except those who have access to it. Encrypting your confidential data is essential to ensure its safety before moving it anywhere else. If you’re moving your files to another device, backup storage, or uploading them on the cloud, encryption will prevent others from accessing or using them.

Similarly, it’s also important to enable full disk encryption (FDE) on all your devices. FDE encrypts everything on the device and ensures safe data transfer activities. It also keeps them safe from unauthorized use if your device gets lost or stolen.

3. Control Data Access

You may have given access to the confidential data to other individuals like your coworkers, employees, business partners, etc. However, restricting data access to only the most important people is essential to minimize data breach or misuse risks. Even if you’re giving someone access to your data, keep it restricted to the part they need, and only for as long as needed.

4. Never Transfer Unencrypted Data Online

Avoid transferring confidential data over the internet (such as via email). However, if you have to, make sure it’s encrypted. Create a password-protected archive to transfer the data safely. Give the archive’s password to the recipient via another medium, and don’t mention it in the email.

5. Store Multiple Encrypted Copies

Storing your confidential data in different places while ensuring their encryption is a good idea. Keep encrypted copies in your computer, personal laptop, and external hard drive. If you’re using cloud storage, ensure that it’s reliable.

You can never be too safe with your confidential data, and even the slightest mistake can result in many problems for you. At Onsist, we offer executive protection to keep your data safe and actively monitor threats and breaches.

Our services include threat intelligence, data breach monitoring, anti-piracy solution, and more. These services are designed to keep your identity, credentials, data, and assets safe from unauthorized activities. Reach out to us for more information.