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•:, • Protects sensitive·.cusiomer data (credit card ~umbers; pass~ords, addiies_ses).

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• I :'•.··· ·.Pr~ve~ts fraud, .identity theft, ~d financial losses. • ••
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4. Encrypt customer da~ and. secure datab~~es.
5. ••. Pe11forni regular security audits and' penefratlon testili·g.. .
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·A. Data· F·rotectioo ··& J.>riva~y

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•· Issues: Weak passwords, shared credentials, lack of multi-factor_,au~henth;ation (MF A).
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• Issues: DDoS '(Distributed Denial· of Service) atta~ks, matware, ransomware., in·s~cure
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