In the dig­i­tal sec­tor, the imple­men­ta­tion of IT secu­ri­ty solu­tions in the form of virus scan­ners, fire­walls etc. con­tributes to the secu­ri­ty of data. Phys­i­cal mea­sures, on the oth­er hand, include access con­trols, fire­proof fil­ing cab­i­nets or safes for sen­si­tive and con­fi­den­tial doc­u­ments. Data back­ups, such as the cre­ation of back­up copies on a sep­a­rate stor­age medi­um, are also essen­tial. A sol­id net­work infra­struc­ture and reg­u­lar updates are the basic pre­req­ui­sites for achiev­ing data secu­ri­ty goals. Data pro­tec­tion, on the oth­er hand, is essen­tial­ly about how per­son­al data is used and stored.

It is there­fore impor­tant to take organ­i­sa­tion­al and per­son­nel pol­i­cy pre­cau­tions to ensure a high stan­dard of secu­ri­ty with­in the com­pa­ny. Employ­ee train­ing and fur­ther edu­ca­tion, as well as the deploy­ment of spe­cial­ists such as IT secu­ri­ty offi­cers and data pro­tec­tion offi­cers, con­tribute to data secu­ri­ty and are some­times manda­to­ry for com­pli­ance rea­sons. IT secu­ri­ty and data pro­tec­tion offi­cers are ded­i­cat­ed to analysing poten­tial secu­ri­ty gaps in your com­pa­ny and cre­at­ing appro­pri­ate mea­sures to achieve the data secu­ri­ty objective.

Sources, Profi Engi­neer­ing, 2021, SME dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion 2022, Data pro­tec­tion part­ner 2022, www.admin.ch