Over the past fifteen months or so, we have witnessed a massive shift in the way organizational workloads are being handled. Remote work, which used to be the exception, has become the new normal.
With nearly all of your workforce working remotely, your enterprise data is constantly under grave threats. Say hello to Insider Risk Management or IRM, an approach to data security which has the potential to become a game changer for enterprises.
Please do not misinterpret IRM by presuming that it’s a security mechanism against rogue or irresponsible employees. The very concept of IRM is that your enterprise data may be exposed to risks, even during normal interaction between your employees and data.
The effectiveness of any IRM based security framework will revolve around the following three concepts:-
Deterrence:-
In the first phase of any IRM driven data security strategy, you will design and lay down elaborate data usage policies. This will act as a framework for how employees will interact with data in the safest possible manner and this needs to be a part of the culture as well.
Detection:-
On the basis of the policies defined in the first phase of an IRM approach, the enterprise will develop intelligent and proactive systems capable of raising red flags whenever there is a departure from the laid down golden principles for data security.
Disruption:-
This stage of the IRM will ensure that the various security controls that have been deployed under this framework will come into effect, well before a security risk can actually inflict any harm to the enterprise data.
Conclusion
By adopting the 3Ds of Insider Risk Management (IRM), you will be able to make your enterprise data secure, regardless of whether it’s an on-premise work environment, remote work or a mix of both models.
