Data regulation is now a strong, permanent feature of the IT landscape. Over the past year, a series of sweeping regulations have come into force that have brought change on entire industries. Global business will have to operate in a new data environment in 2019. With the year coming to [...]
Data breaches are the cost of doing business. [spacer] At least this is the complacent attitude often taken by many in the business world today. While it is true that cybercrime and the risk of data loss aren’t going away within the near future, many users fail to realize [...]
IT Technology Our ever expanding IT technology is creating major changes in the way enterprises handle their data. While the expansion and diversification of computation tools has brought tremendous growth to the IT industry–as well as the business that utilize them–the new trends have come with a price. As organizations [...]
Today is the era of big data. The volume of information that requires storage, processing, and assessment is growing at an exponential rate. What this means for enterprises, is that new methods for managing digital data are becoming a necessity. Nowhere is this need felt more than when [...]
The shift to the cloud. It’s one of the IT world’s fastest growing trends. Cloud storage has brought about a revolution in data management, allowing enterprises to store and process large quantities of data without dealing with the costs and maintenance of on-site hardware. More importantly, the cloud has [...]
A Gartner Analyst and “It’s Time to Redefine Data Loss Prevention” Today, it seems to be in vogue to criticize DLP solutions as out of date, insufficient for modern business needs, and generally out of touch with industry realities. One of the more notable sources to voice this [...]
Zero Trust Data Protection Out with the Old Conventional security models, those based on firewalls, IDS, and the like, operate on the outdated assumption that “everything on the inside of an organization’s network can be trusted”. The contemporary threat landscape facing IT has shown that this is simply [...]
In an era where cyberattacks can paralyze entire networks, the need for effective, reliable IT security has become paramount. Some think they have found the silver bullet in the war against hackers. The Blockchain Revolution When Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, whose true identity is still unknown, revealed his [...]
PageUp and the 3rd Party Liability Problem 3rd Party Liabilities The tech world was thrown into frenzy over the recent hack of international HR service provider PageUp. In late June, chief executives reported “unusual activity” in its IT infrastructure. An investigation was launched and emergency notifications were distributed to [...]
Increasingly demanding data regulations. The trend has been the strongest factor affecting the world of IT over the past several years. Over the recent period, state, national, and international authorities have been producing legislation creating tight protocols for the digital information sphere. While these laws [...]
Taking on the Threat of Fileless Malware Over the past two years, the IT industry has faced an important shift in the way cyber criminals go about their attacks. Some of the biggest names in the field of cyber security have been tracking the growing threat of fileless malware [...]
Equifax Submits Additional Statements to Congress Regarding the Incident Equifax submitted a statement to congressional committees to supplement the company’s responses regarding the extent of the incident impacting U.S. consumers. “As announced on September 7, 2017, the information stolen by the attackers primarily included: “As a result of its analysis of the [...]
What is the Right to Erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) of the EU GDPR? The fast approaching General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) of the European Union is the most comprehensive set of laws to hit the world of data technology. GDPR is unique not only in the broad range [...]
DLP, THE ANALYSTS AND VENDORS A blog: For nearly two decades, deploying Data Loss Prevention (DLP) has been a staple for enterprises seeking to secure their data assets. Despite being such an important part of an information security strategy, some observers have recently begun to cast doubt on the [...]
Insider & Outsider Threats in Today’s Digital Age What is the value of trust? How much do you trust the security of your business in today’s’ digital age? Would you know if an attacker breached your infrastructure and sent out sensitive data? Would you know if a [...]
Intelligent Technologies for EU GDPR With the long anticipated General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) of the European Union coming into effect in May, companies across the globe are scrambling to insure their data management systems are ready for the new responsibility. GDPR presents a tall order for firms that want [...]