Data Security Glossary

No matter what your role is within an organization, this data security glossary is intended for anyone from the security leader to the security practitioner.

Data breach prevention

Data breach prevention is a set of best practices for keeping sensitive data safe from unauthorized personnel. A few data breach prevention tactics include: discovering and classifying your sensitive data, automating data policy management, following the principle of least privilege access, continuously monitoring your environment for active breaches, and aligning data practices with regulations and standards.