How Continuous Scanning Helps Stop Data Leaks in Real-Time
Think about the security for your home. Would you be happy checking that the doors and windows are locked only once a year? Of course not. You want a security system that is always on, watching for any signs of trouble.
When it comes to your company's sensitive data, the same idea applies. Many businesses still rely on an old method for data security: the one-time audit. But in a fast-paced cloud environment, a new approach is needed. It is called continuous scanning.
The Old Way: One-Time Data Audits
A one-time data audit is like taking a single photograph of your data. A team will spend weeks, or even months, looking through all your files. At the end, they give you a big report that shows where your sensitive data was on that specific day.
This sounds useful, but it has some major problems.
- It is out of date immediately. The moment the audit is finished, your team has already created hundreds of new files. An employee might accidentally share a sensitive file with the public just minutes after the report is done, and you would not know about it until your next audit, maybe a year later.
- It is slow. It can take months to get the results of an audit. A data leak could happen in January, but you might not find out about it until a report is delivered in May.
- It requires a lot of manual work. Audits are expensive and depend on people manually checking everything, which means it is easy for mistakes to be made.
The Modern Way: Continuous Scanning
Continuous scanning is the always-on security system for your data. It is not a one-time event. It is an ongoing process that starts the moment you turn it on.
Here is how it works.
- You connect it once. You give a tool like Algiz permission to view your files in your cloud storage.
- It is always watching. From that point on, the tool automatically and continuously monitors your data for any changes. It looks for new files being created and, most importantly, for any changes to existing files. If someone changes a private file to a public one, it sees that change happen in real-time.
The biggest benefit is speed. Because the system is always watching, you find out about a potential data leak the moment it happens, not months down the road. This gives you the power to fix the problem before it causes real damage.
How Algiz Delivers Real-Time Protection
This is exactly how Algiz is built to work. It is designed for modern, cloud-first companies that cannot afford to wait for a yearly report.
From the moment you connect Algiz to your cloud storage providers, it begins its work. It scans every new file and every change, every single day. There is no manual effort required from you. Your team can continue to work just as they always have, while Algiz protects your data silently in the background.
If an employee accidentally makes a document with sensitive customer information public, Algiz detects it right away and sends you an alert or even better, stops it right away.
One-time audits show you the past. Continuous scanning shows you what is happening right now. In a world where data moves fast, real-time protection is the only way to stay ahead.
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