By Denny Hammack, an Overdrive contributor and president of FileSolve

We live in an age of big data where organizations handle unimaginable volumes of sensitive information.  Many companies already take proactive steps to protect online data — using advanced cloud-based security measures.  But locally stored, in-house documents are often overlooked, despite the ease with which employees can send these files internally and externally via email.

Should these digital documents ever fall into the wrong hands, it’s not difficult for hackers to abuse confidential personal and financial information.

So what precautions can you take to protect sensitive data from prying eyes?