Taking Control of Cloud Data Risk: What Irish Organisations Need to Know.
Taking Control of Cloud Data Risk: What Irish Organisations Need to Know
Ask most IT or security leads in Irish organisations where their sensitive data lives and you will get a variation of the same answer: mostly in the cloud, probably across a few SaaS tools, and possibly some places we have not fully mapped out yet.
That is not a criticism. It is the reality of how organisations have grown and adopted technology over the past several years. Cloud environments, collaboration platforms, and SaaS applications have been onboarded quickly, often in response to business need, and data has followed. The challenge now is that the data has spread faster than the visibility to manage it.
And when you cannot see where your sensitive data is, you cannot properly protect it.
The Problem with Cloud Data Today
The volume of data organisations hold has grown significantly, but so has the number of places it can end up. A file shared in Teams, customer records stored in a cloud application, sensitive documents sitting in a shared drive that has not been reviewed in two years. Most organisations have some version of this.
The risk sits in the gaps: data that exists but is not accounted for, is not classified, and is not being actively protected. For Irish organisations navigating compliance requirements, that gap creates real exposure.
Traditional approaches to data security were built for a different environment. When data largely lived on-premise, visibility was more manageable. In a multi-cloud, SaaS-heavy world, those same approaches struggle to keep up.
Where Fortra DSPM Comes In
Fortra is a global cybersecurity company with over 40 years of experience helping organisations protect their critical data and infrastructure. Data security is a core part of what they do, with a portfolio spanning data classification, data loss prevention, and secure collaboration. Their Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution is built specifically to address the visibility problem that cloud and SaaS growth has created.
Rather than relying on manual audits or point-in-time snapshots, Fortra DSPM continuously discovers, classifies, and monitors sensitive data wherever it lives. That means you know what you have, where it is, who has access to it, and whether it is appropriately protected.
For organisations trying to reduce compliance risk without significantly increasing the burden on their security teams, that kind of automated visibility is increasingly important. Fortra DSPM is designed to get organisations from limited visibility to genuine control, and to do it quickly.
A Practical Look at Fortra DSPM for Irish Organisations
On 29 April at 10am, Renaissance is hosting a session with Fortra that takes a practical look at how Fortra DSPM works and what it means for Irish organisations.
Nick Hogg from Fortra will be joined by Renaissance's Michael Conway for a session that covers:
· The cloud data challenges Irish IT and security teams are dealing with right now
· How Fortra DSPM automatically discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data across cloud repositories and applications
· What good data security posture looks like and how to benchmark where your organisation currently stands
· Where Fortra DSPM fits alongside the tools you already have in place
It’s a practical session, not a product pitch. If cloud data risk is something your organisation is actively thinking about, or should be, it is worth an hour of your time – you can register here.
https://renaissance.renaissance.ie/c/453257/