The best protection from data breaches is to not store data you don't need.
@Tarah pls tell my boss this aggressively
@Tarah Data magpies gonna magpie.

@Tarah That is certainly true.

However, I am working in a company which is connecting businesses.

These customers demand that we do 'know your customer" checks and can prove it.

But we should not store or share any information, these companies demand too.

I have to admit, at times these conflicting demands are doing my head in.

But @Tarah data is the new gold, why would I delete gold?
@Tarah unfortunately some data has to be retained by law. If government wants to mandate that then perhaps they should be responsible for controlling access to it.

@Tarah I use the analogy that data is like a Cobalt-60 radiation source.

If you *actually* need it, it's useful. If you don't, "Drop & Run"; because it's hazmat of the highest order.

@Tarah the best protection is not to store any data at all
@Tarah When it comes to data , we are all hoarders.
@Tarah in the wise words of Mr Miyagi, "Best defense, no be there."
@egypt precisely. This is the data equivalent of running away very fast. :-)
@Tarah According to these emails I keep getting, the best defense consists of a bunch of really expensive acronyms I don’t understand?
@tomlowenthal have you deployed XDR to your EPs?