More often than not, we find that the weakest links in the data chain are at the intersection between technology and manual process flow. An all-too-common scenario occurs when a company collects confidential information on its vendors, agents and other third parties through a hybrid manual/technological approach.

In an effort to help reduce that risk, we’ve gone through our case files to identify the top three most common sources of data compromise. Below, we address these three issues and offer advice on the best approach to avoiding them.