The Public Cloud. Is it Secure? In today’s business environment, data is everything. With data volumes increasing exponentially, the cloud has become the go-to for many companies to store their vital information. Offloading data storage and management has worked wonders. Firms no longer have to rely on in-house storage [...]
Dangers of Cloud Based Collaboration Applications In today’s data driven world, inter-connectivity has become key for efficient operations. Businesses need to provide timely and easy information access to both clients and employees–not to mention the slew of off-site collaborators they may be working with on any given project. [...]
The false promise of blanket encryption Why data needs to be inspected before its put under lock and key With cyber-attacks on the rise and compliance with regulatory regimes like HIPAA and GDPR becoming more urgent, businesses have been turning to encryption as a catch-all tactic to assure IP and [...]
What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Shelfware? With the huge volume of sensitive data companies must deal with today, it’s no wonder data loss protection (DLP) still tops the list of administrator concerns. Despite the attention, however, it seems that getting DLP right remains easier said than done. Even major [...]
Supply Chain Risk: The importance of vetting 3rd party vendors and their data protection tools Modern organizations are increasingly interconnected, with complex supply chains extending across continents and categories. While this brings a range of business benefits, it also brings risks. Cyber-criminals understand how data is shared between links [...]
Business Email Compromise Among the growing threats within today’s cyber-sphere, the trend of Business Email Compromise, or BEC, is certainly nearing the top of the list. Broadly defined, BEC is a type of sophisticated scam targeting companies who conduct wire transfers, especially those with suppliers abroad. The [...]
Information overload. One of the key phenomena that has come to define the digital age. The consequences of this information glut cover a wide spectrum. From the analytical perspective, finding answers to important questions and identifying what constitutes relevant information, has become increasingly difficult for businesses seeking to [...]
Insider Threats and the difficulty in stopping data breaches In dealing with today’s digital-threats, the main focus of companies, is by far on preventing attacks emanating from outside the organization. Businesses invest fortunes on bolstering their digital defenses with ‘traditional’ tools such as firewalls and antivirus programs. Current estimates [...]
How enterprises can realize the full potential of CARTA Trust has traditionally been the cornerstone of network security. It’s what allows everything from files to data packets to move across a network, while also controlling permissions for end users. But in modern networking, establishing trust is getting harder. [...]
Among all the methods for securing digital data, the policy of air-gaping is certainly the most extreme. Drastic Measures As it’s name would imply, air-gaping is a security protocol that physically isolates a machine from a network. Air-gaping most commonly involves cutting off a computer from the World Wide Web, [...]
How to stay compliant with NIST SP 800-171 If you’re part of the US federal government supply chain, at some point you’ll have heard of NIST. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sets out data security mandates for government departments and agencies. In 2017 it implemented a sweeping [...]
Big data, heavy data & DCAP With information volumes surging and compliance burdens growing, enterprises need a new approach to data security By 2025 humans will have generated 180 zettabytes of data [i]– or 180 trillion gigabytes. That’s a lot, and well up from the mere 10 zettabytes we’d [...]
From Gartner Peer Insights Previous Next More 5 Star Gartner Peer Insights Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 2023, 2022, 2022, 2021, 2020, or 2019 Where is it? It’s 2023, so where is the latest Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? It turns out that [...]
When knowledge is the best defense Cybersecurity education with data loss prevention technologies can help stop the insider threat There was a time when the average CSO’s top priority was to build a fortified wall around the company network. Lock hackers out, hold data in. Patch and reinforce continuously to [...]
Dangerous Cyber Attack Techniques Part 2 Password Reuse and Weak Passwords The weak password is far the most common factor resulting in the compromise of networks worldwide Research has shown than over 80 percent of all data breaches are caused by stolen passwords. And hackers manage to get their [...]
The Most Dangerous Cyber Attack Techniques and How to Confront Them Numbers on global trends in cyber attacks are pretty clear: hackers are making it big. Over the past year, the rates of many forms of cyber attacks increased dramatically, in some cases doubling or even tripling in [...]
GDPR Right to be Forgotten, CCPA Right of Erasure (RtbF/RoE) and Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) Forget about forgetting Without the right technical capabilities, efforts to enable the ‘right to be forgotten’ under CCPA and GDPR may be doomed to fail The right to be forgotten/right of erasure (RtbF/RoE) [...]
Data Classification, Machine Learning & Detection Inaccuracy The advancement of technology and expansion of businesses might mean further development for the world as it is; however, it does mean that higher volumes of data and information has to be processed. As a result, data protection now sits on the top of [...]
Inaccuracies of Machine Learning Automation has found its way into every major technical industry. And it’s no wonder why. Streamlining operations with machines increases productivity and efficiency, especially for fields where large volumes of information are a factor. When it comes to data loss prevention however, [...]
GDPR and CCPA, An Update A look at the compliance picture 3 months into the international year of privacy Now that we’re a few months into 2019 it’s worth taking another look at the impact of recent sweeping privacy bills, in particular the EU’s General Data Protection (GDPR) regulatory regime, [...]
Data Security & Source Code Protection As far as sensitive data goes, few pieces of information rank higher then program source code. Source code is highly sensitive proprietary information, making up the program instructions for any application in their original form. The More Sensitive, the Bigger the Risk For years, [...]