Enterprise security is a multi-faceted concern that includes both the internal or proprietary business secrets of a company as well as the employee and customer data related to privacy laws. Enterprise security is increasingly in focus as major international companies such as Facebook, Yahoo!, Target, Home Depot, and Equifax have all faced large fines and government intervention due to the loss of sensitive customer data to hackers.
Where enterprise corporations were previously most concerned with protecting their proprietary code or trade secrets from competitors and counterfeiters, they are now faced with new data privacy laws in the US and EU that can impose major financial penalties on organizations that misuse or lose consumer data. The transition to reliance on cloud infrastructure for business process support introduces new challenges to corporate security in IT.