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All you should know about data integrity

Everyone feels exhausted after a long day busy schedule and just wants to leave and reach home and have some precious sleep letting pass off that you may or may not have saved your data. The next day arrives and it’s a bright new sunny day! You reach office and kick start your day with a focused mind of your new schedule. But guess what? Your data is altered or deleted, and you have no way of knowing how, when and by whom! The impact will be so bad. Your data-driven business decisions are in vain now. This is why data integrity comes into play. To comprehend the significance of data integrity to a company’s core, let us understand what it is, why it’s important, and how to protect it.

What is data integrity?

In simple words, data integrity refers to the accuracy and consistency (validity) of data over its lifecycle. Enterprises know very nicely that uncompromised data is so important which they can apply in their business strategies. For this reason, retaining data integrity is the main factor of many enterprise security solutions.

Data integrity can be undermined in a number of ways. There are many like error checking methods and validation procedures which ensures the integrity of data that is transferred or reproduced without the intention of alteration.

Why is it Important to Maintain Data Integrity?

Data integrity is all about the quality and reliability of data and preserving and ensuring the precision and consistency of data over its life cycle. All business owners and executives expect the overall success of the business by making suitable choices, but this will happen only when you can trust the information at hand.

Risks to Data Integrity

Some more instance of where data integrity is at risk:

  • A user tries to access a date outside a reasonable range.
  • A user tries to access a phone number in the wrong format.
  • A bug in an application tries to eliminate the wrong record.

BDS Services offers top class data validation services. They are a well-grounded organization and a leading ISO 9001:2015 and 27001:2013 certified company in accordance with GDPR compliance offering back-office administrative services.

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