Did you remember Anthony Levandowski? A Key technologist and pioneer of Google’s autonomous-vehicle project who downloaded more than 14,000 files containing proprietary information and made an unauthorized transfer to his personal laptop.

Cisco’s annual internet report (2018-2023) says two of the top 10 attacks are insider threat issues (file sharing and stolen credentials). It shows that you must look at what’s happening inside the as much as outside.

The data security officers in the post COVID era will focus more on user rights management because COVID changed the work culture entirely. People are now working remotely and legacy system is being replaced by cloud-based universal communication and collaboration (UCC) system. In-person marketing events or conferences are now going virtual. In this “new normal”, risk associated with confidential business documents have increased. To prevent anticipated information leakage, a no-nonsense access rights management has to be in place for organizations of any size.

Digital transformation and data-driven approach is now becoming a reality. Data backups, archives and live data in the ecosystem require risk mitigating measures and need to be protected with Information Rights Management (IRM).

Information Rights Management (IRM) is a technology to protect confidential information from any unauthorized access or action. IRM helps to protect files, emails communication, pictures, Audio-Video, and scanned copies in the organization. It gives protection to files against any unauthorized users to view, copy, edit, delete, forward, print, and take screenshot.

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