{"id":104164,"date":"2024-01-26T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=104164"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:02:01","slug":"data-privacy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/data-privacy-day","title":{"rendered":"6 Quick and Easy Ways to Improve Your Company\u2019s Data Privacy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the world becomes more digital, data privacy becomes increasingly difficult to ensure. For IT admins, this task can be particularly difficult, given the amount of data and number of vendors the average company works with. While security is never a 100% guarantee, there are still a few things you can do to shore up your data privacy \u2014 and they don\u2019t all have to be long and expensive endeavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In honor of Data Privacy Day (Data Protection Day in Europe) on January 28th, we\u2019re bringing you six quick, affordable, and effective steps you can take to dramatically improve your organization\u2019s approach to data privacy. If you\u2019re looking for data privacy quick wins, start with these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Regularly update and patch software and browsers across all company devices. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Verizon\u2019s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report,<\/a> software vulnerabilities are one of the three primary ways hackers access an organization.<\/strong> Implementing a patch management program, therefore, can dramatically reduce your chances of a data breach. Patch management programs that span all <\/em>company devices are critical to the program\u2019s success \u2014 even better if you can find a means to secure and update employees\u2019 browsers as well. JumpCloud, for example, offers cross-OS patch management<\/a> that includes browser patching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Enforce good password hygiene. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eighty percent<\/a> of breaches are tied to passwords. Passwords are a common entry point for attackers \u2014 and this is often because they aren\u2019t compliant with best practices. There are a couple key elements that go into good password hygiene:<\/p>\n\n\n\n