5 Tips to Minimize the Risks of Data Exfiltration

Cyberattacks and data compromises rose significantly in 2023, impacting over 353 million individuals. Major entities such as US CISA, the International Monetary Fund and Fujitsu were breached. Exfiltration of specific sensitive data, central to ransom demands and fraud, rose from 40% of incidents in 2019 to over 80% in 2023. To mitigate this risk, organizations should actively review and reduce their data collection by decluttering and tracking data, educating on storage practices, automatically deleting unused customer data and eliminating redundant storage.