Beyond compliance: Building a culture of data security in the digital enterprise

By Pritam Shah, Global Practice Head – OT Security and Data Security, Inspira Enterprise

Amazon’s product recommendations, based on customer data, and Netflix’s personalized recommendations, created on viewers’ data, have increased sales and higher retention rates, respectively. Data is becoming the lifeforce of a business with the digital landscape having undergone a paradigm shift. Organisations that safeguard their data build trust and enhance their reputation. Customers refuse to be associated with brands they do not trust. Today, all organisations are increasingly data-driven, leveraging data for operational efficiency, customer experience, innovation, and informed decision-making.

Being a core asset, data requires advanced tools and technologies to gather, store, and access it. While various security compliance frameworks and industry standards, such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, HIPAA Security Rule, and India’s DPDP, have driven organisations to strengthen their security posture, compliance alone is no longer sufficient. Cyber ...