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# Blog

# Blog

## Christina Southern

Christina Southern is a content strategist for C Spire. Contact her at csouthern@cspire.com

### Recent Posts

## [Centers Focus on What’s Important – Serving The Community](https://blog.cspire.com/centers-focus-on-whats-important-serving-the-community)

 By: [Christina Southern](https://blog.cspire.com/author/christina-southern) on Jul 27, 2016 7:49:13 AM

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“We like to think we are the heartbeat of the community,” says Ridgeview and Ridgewood Health Services’ Sarah Christen Ivey.

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 Topics: [Healthcare](https://blog.cspire.com/topic/healthcare)

## [7 Layers of Data Security: Preventative Security](https://blog.cspire.com/7-layers-of-data-security-preventative-security)

 By: [Christina Southern](https://blog.cspire.com/author/christina-southern) on Jul 26, 2016 7:41:25 AM

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**Note:** *Today is week 8 of a 9-week blog series in which we are peeling back the* ***7 Layers of Data Security****.  [Catch up on the series here](http://www.teklinks.com/category/7-layers-of-data-security-series/).*

There are two components of technology security that span all the other layers: Policy Management (Preventative) and Security Operations (Monitoring & Response). There are proactive and reactive elements to every security strategy. Today we focus primarily on what an organization can do to prevent security breaches.

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## [7 Layers of Data Security: Data](https://blog.cspire.com/7-layers-of-data-security-data)

 By: [Christina Southern](https://blog.cspire.com/author/christina-southern) on Jul 19, 2016 7:39:53 AM

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**Note:** *Today is week 7 of a 9-week blog series in which we are peeling back the* ***7 Layers of Data Security****.  [Catch up on the series here](http://www.teklinks.com/category/7-layers-of-data-security-series/).*

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## [7 Layers of Data Security: Application](https://blog.cspire.com/7-layers-of-data-security-application)

 By: [Christina Southern](https://blog.cspire.com/author/christina-southern) on Jul 12, 2016 4:00:04 AM

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**Note:** *Today is week 6 of a 9-week blog series in which we are peeling back the* ***7 Layers of Data Security****.  [Catch up on the series here](http://www.teklinks.com/category/7-layers-of-data-security-series/).*

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## [7 Layers of Data Security: Endpoint](https://blog.cspire.com/7-layers-of-data-security-endpoint)

 By: [Christina Southern](https://blog.cspire.com/author/christina-southern) on Jul 6, 2016 8:07:26 AM

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**Note:** *Today is week 5 of a 9-week blog series in which we are peeling back the **7 Layers of Data Security**.  [Catch up on the series here](http://www.teklinks.com/category/7-layers-of-data-security-series/).*

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## [7 Layers of Data Security: Network](https://blog.cspire.com/7-layers-of-data-security-network)

 By: [Christina Southern](https://blog.cspire.com/author/christina-southern) on Jun 28, 2016 7:34:37 AM

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**Note:** *Today is week 4 of a 9-week blog series in which we are peeling back the **7 Layers of Data Security**.  [Catch up on the series here](http://www.teklinks.com/category/7-layers-of-data-security-series/).*

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