Forrester DLP Wave 2016

  New DLP Report to be Released   In a few days, Forrester Research releases its first DLP Wave report in over 6 years. Titled “The Forrester WaveTM: Data Loss Prevention Solutions, Q4 2016″, will offer opinions on many different “DLP” solutions.  Much has changed over the last decade of [...]

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CASB Content Aware EDRM

Three Notable Cybersecurity News Items

Three Notable Cybersecurity News  Items Click the article titles above to continue reading   Cisco job applicants warned of potential mobile site data leak Cisco has emailed users of its mobile careers site, warning of two occasions when their data could have been exposed.   By Chris Duckett | November 4, 2016 — [...]

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The Cloud BYOC Problem for the Enterprise

[spacer]  The BYOC & BYOD Enterprise Problem [spacer] Cloud Services are growing at an exponential rate for both business and personal use. Cloud providers today allow private people (maybe your employees) to create powerful computing environments in the cloud by creating their own machines.  The BYOC (bring your own cloud) Users [...]

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Cloud Architecture: Data Leak Prevention in the Cloud

Cloud Architecture: Data Protection in the Cloud Cloud Computing and Emerging Technologies, Azure, AWS, Google, CASB Cloud Access Security Broker, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS),  SaaS Monitoring Platforms (SMP), Virtualization, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Enterprise Mashup……. These technologies can mean a profound change in the design of an organizations’ infrastructures; permitting large organizations to [...]

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Glass houses and cyber theft

Glass houses and cyber theft Aug 1 2016 12:01 am The theft and leaking of emails from the Democratic National Committee dramatically underscored the national problems of cybersecurity. There really is no assurance of privacy in the cyber realm, and the government must do a better job preventing and dealing [...]

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cybersecurity EMC's RSA Data Loss Prevention Suite End-of-Life Announcement

Importance of Data Loss Prevention for Cybersecurity

The Importance of Data Loss Prevention for Cybersecurity The advent of networked computer systems and the Internet has made a huge impact on the way organizations operate.  Most organizations now use networked computer systems to communicate, collaborate and store a large amount of important information. This information can include confidential customer [...]

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) On October 6, 2015, the EU’s highest court (ECJ)[1] struck down the Safe Harbor Agreement between the US and the European Commission. Many believe the EU will move forward with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), “The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was proposed [...]

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Cloud Security

Why is DLP Failing?

Why is DLP Failing? Capital One, Equifax, Uber, Verizon, Dun and Bradstreet, Scottrade, Anthem, Sony Hacked, data breached.  T-mobile, California DMV, Kroger, Microsoft Exchange …    seems like 2021 is moving in the same direction as 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013. When studying these patterns, it’s important to [...]

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