Description

Protecting Your Organization’s Data – A Strategic Asset to Sustain Your Competitive Advantage

Course Duration:
Single workshop over 4 mini-sessions (total of 4 hours)

Target Audience:
Business leaders, IT managers, data protection officers, and cybersecurity professionals focused on enhancing organizational safety and data protection.

Bonus:
Includes a 1-hour private consultancy on data protection strategies valued at 200 USD.

Enrollment instructions for this program and booking your consultancy will be sent to paid participants 2 business days before course commencement.

Session Highlights and Benefits

Session 1: The Strategic Importance of Data
Duration: 45 mins

• Key Topics:
  • Data as a Business Asset: Explores the role of data in strategic decision-making, competitive advantage, and growth.
  • Growth Opportunities: Using data analytics to uncover new markets, customer insights, and case studies of data-driven success.
  • Data in Strategic Planning: Outlines how data supports long-term planning, market positioning, and risk management.
• Benefits:
  • Gain insights into leveraging data for innovation and operational efficiency.
  • Learn strategies to integrate data into business planning for sustainable growth.

Session 2: Managing and Protecting Data Across Its Lifecycle
Duration: 45 mins

• Key Topics:
  • Data Life Cycle: Covers each stage from collection to destruction, emphasizing integrity and governance.
  • Data Governance: Discusses policies to maintain data accuracy, consistency, and trust.
  • Challenges and Vulnerabilities: Identifying and addressing risks in each lifecycle stage.
• Benefits:
  • Understand the importance of data lifecycle management for business continuity and compliance.
  • Gain practical skills in creating data governance policies.

Session 3: Data Classification and Risks of Poor Data Protection
Duration: 45 mins

• Key Topics:
  • Data Classification: Methods for identifying data sensitivity and applying appropriate security measures.
  • Consequences of Poor Data Protection: Covers financial, reputational, and operational impacts of data breaches.
• Benefits:
  • Develop a data classification scheme for managing access and compliance.
  • Understand real-world risks through case studies and learn protective measures.

Session 4: Practical Data Protection Measures and Technologies for Availability
Duration: 45 min

• Key Topics:
  • Data Protection Steps: Includes classification, encryption, and DLP techniques.
  • Technologies for Availability: High availability solutions like backups and redundancy, exploring cloud-based continuity solutions.
• Benefits:
  • Obtain a data protection plan template and hands-on strategies for securing sensitive data.
  • Learn about technologies that ensure data availability and reliability, minimizing downtime risks.

Conclusion and Review

• Reinforces key concepts with Q&A and group discussions, allowing participants to strategize implementing data protection in their own organizations.

Overall Benefits of the Workshop:

• Comprehensive understanding of data as a strategic asset.
• Practical skills for lifecycle management, classification, and protection.
• Knowledge of high-availability technologies and best practices for data security.
• Opportunity for personalized consultancy to address specific organizational needs.

Enrollment instructions will be sent to paid participants 2 business days before course commencement.