With the advent of the global digital age, the cross-border flow of data has become an important requirement for enterprises to expand overseas business. However, while national legislation clarifies the requirements for data localization storage, the cross-border flow of data also faces extremely high threshold and complexity. How enterprises deal with the challenges of cross-border data flow and localized storage requirements has become an important issue facing many enterprises. In this article, we will explore some key strategies and methods to help companies effectively address this challenge and achieve sustainable overseas business development.
When faced with the new challenges of cross-border data flow and localized storage requirements, enterprises need to adopt a series of strategies to deal with these complex regulatory requirements. Wu Jiazhao believes that there is no conflict between cross-border flow of data and localization requirements, and cross-border transmission only needs to be carried out under the premise of satisfying local laws and regulations.
First of all, before going overseas, enterprises need to have the ability to deploy nodes in the country where the data is located at any time. Cloud native technology has become an important tool to meet the needs of rapid business expansion. Choosing a cloud vendor with rich compliance experience as a partner can avoid many problems. Although there are many cloud vendors in the market, from the perspective of virtual machines, there is not much difference between them, which is mainly reflected in price and network stability.
Secondly, on the storage and retrieval module of core privacy data, enterprises need to have the ability to desensitize storage or even deploy hybrid cloud, and separate the underlying sensitive data from the upper service module. For some countries or customers with strict requirements, you can choose to privatize the deployment of the privacy data storage module, and associate it with the cloud business process through the desensitized ID. This approach meets customers' business needs while mitigating risks in terms of compliance and security.
Wu Jiazhao also gave an example of communication services. They also encountered similar needs when providing global SMS, voice, email and other communication services to enterprises. In order to ensure the absolute security of highly sensitive data such as mobile phone numbers and email addresses, they deploy multi-channel communication management capabilities on the customer's internal service side in a privatized manner.
Finally, Wu Jiazhao emphasized the balance between enterprises' evaluation of compliance costs and benefits when going overseas. Although global data and privacy regulations are becoming increasingly complex, this does not mean that there is not much room for companies to grow overseas. Enterprises need to assess the cost of overseas compliance in advance to ensure that the cost is not higher than the benefit. Before going overseas, enterprises should fully understand the regulatory requirements, build confidence in compliance, and adjust the technical structure according to the regulations of the target country to balance costs and benefits, control risks, and ensure the stable development of overseas business.
In the ever-changing global data environment, enterprises are faced with the complex challenge of cross-border data flow and localized storage requirements. However, by adopting proper strategies and approaches, businesses can overcome these challenges and achieve success in overseas markets. Establishing a reasonable data management and privacy protection mechanism, selecting a partner with rich compliance experience, and flexibly adjusting the technical architecture to meet local regulatory requirements are all key steps for enterprises to meet this challenge.