Companies today have mountains of data traversing locations within the organization, many of which may be unknown. Knowing where data is traveling and sitting at rest is a key step in securing your environment and knowing what systems house your critical data is essential when applying security controls, assessing critical vulnerabilities, or in the worst-case scenario, dealing with a data breach. Not knowing where critical data resides makes it impossible to properly manage security and also where to spend valuable security dollars.

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The Mako Group will work with your organization to first determine what is your most critical data. Equally as important, we will create a detailed data mapping which will outline where that information is moving through and being stored. The primary output of a critical data mapping exercise is a flow chart showing where critical data is traveling along with what applications and devices it is located in. The secondary output is a detailed report laying out vulnerabilities discovered along with areas for improvement defining what each item in the flow chart represents.

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Mature organizations have critical data sets mapped and these mappings are continuously updated as changes occur within the organization. The results of a critical data mapping exercise are living documents that will improve the overall security posture of your organization for years to come.