"Security and Access Are Top Issues for Data Engineers"

Over half (54 percent) of those who participated in Immuta's third annual State of Data Engineering Survey say one of their biggest challenges is securing data with appropriate access rights. While nearly 60 percent believe their organizations should place a greater emphasis on data security. According to the survey, 89 percent of organizations are missing out on business opportunities due to data access bottlenecks. Data is increasingly being recognized as a critical business resource, but organizations surveyed report using only 58 percent of their data in decision-making. The disconnect between security and access negatively impacts data engineers' daily lives, with 40 percent reporting that managing data access burns them out. According to Matthew Carroll, CEO of Immuta, as data moves from on-premises to the cloud, this disconnect between data security and access harms organizations' data-driven initiatives and business outcomes. It increases their risk of data leaks and breaches. CISOs must become modern data stack enablers to better support data teams in bridging these disconnects. This calls for more collaboration between security and data leaders and their teams in order to effectively balance security and access. More than half (63 percent) of data professionals say they do not have complete visibility into who has access to what data. Responses to which team is responsible for validating policy compliance with regulations vary greatly between the Information Technology (IT) team (40 percent), security team (14 percent), data team (14 percent), compliance team (12 percent), privacy team (12 percent), and legal team (9 percent), thus demonstrating the lack of a standardized process across organizations. This article continues to discuss key findings from Immuta's third annual State of Data Engineering Survey.

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