Data Matters

AUGUST 27, 2020

These settlements underscore OCR’s continued focus on enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. million to OCR to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules related to the theft of an unencrypted hospital employee laptop, which compromised the electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) of over 20,000 individuals.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In this blog, I take it a step further with a discussion about the options available for securing data. Not all types of encryption give you the coverage and flexibility you need. One of the most common and most effective approaches to protecting data is encryption. Important considerations to maximize your investment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently. And though you likely cannot calculate exactly how much data your organization holds; you know it is going to be a big and costly problem to “Encrypt Everything.”. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 09:30.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Explore some real-world instances below and discover when and how to use DLP procedures for optimal data security. Industry-specific rules: Check relevant regulations on a regular basis to verify data security compliance , and use DLP to protect sensitive data and reduce regulatory risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Key steps on the road to LGPD compliance. Additionally, organizations are obligated to report any data security incidents or breaches to Brazilian national authorities. According to Article 3, any organization, irrespective of where it is located, who has customers or clients in Brazil, needs to be in compliance with LGPD.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. Since then, interest in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) has increased, largely paralleling the rise of cloud computing.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. Both regulations have profound implications for companies seeking to collect and apply aggregate statistical analysis to consumer data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2024

From securing everyday personal messages and the authentication of digital signatures to protecting payment information for online shopping and even guarding top-secret government data and communications—cryptography makes digital privacy possible. In modern times, cryptography has become a critical lynchpin of cybersecurity.

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IT Governance

MARCH 6, 2019

But despite organisations’ focus on this part of the Regulation, many still aren’t sure what effective security looks like or how they should achieve it. Yes, most information security experts will be able to explain what confidentiality, integrity and availability mean, but other terms, like ‘risk’, are surprisingly vague.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By solving these issues, data lineage ensures that the data used for analysis and decision-making is accurate and trustworthy. Compliance and Regulatory Challenges Organizations today must adhere to many data privacy and security regulations.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

You might also be interested in: Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy. Compliance starts with data discovery. Finally , semantic analysis technologies considerably improve search relevancy across heterogeneous content repositories.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2021

While many cybersecurity vendors approach zero trust from the perspective of microsegmentation , shrinking the network as much as possible, one startup thinks security needs to be as close to the data as possible and is thus focused on data storage. Secure file server stops attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

With a multi-layered approach to endpoint protection, the ESET PROTECT Advanced solution fits small to medium-sized businesses and offers advanced EPP capabilities, full disk encryption , and an automated sandbox for dynamic threat analysis. Full Disk Encryption. Read more: 19 Best Encryption Software & Tools of 2021.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

The security experts also published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows the creation of new admin users on vulnerable instances exposed online. ” reads the analysis published by Horizon3. ” continues the analysis.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The price you pay for this breakfast increases radically with poor security. Are your AI plans supported by an encryption strategy? The firm’s AI team says the software contains encryption. However, in this scenario where are the encryption keys? Is your AI strategy fit for compliance? Are they encrypting it?

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, we’ll consider situational analysis, how to assess what’s happening in the school and how to support staff to protect the data in their care. Situational analysis – understand what’s happening now. Introduce device encryption. Review cyber security. Supporting your school’s GDPR compliance.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Data loss prevention (DLP) refers to a set of security solutions that identify and monitor information content across storage, operations, and networks. An effective DLP solution provides the security team a complete visibility of their networks. DLP solutions help detect and prevent potential data exposure or leaks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strongly advised public companies to improve their cybersecurity. While the new security proposals have not yet become law, cybersecurity managers can begin to prepare metrics and audits that will not only help comply with those laws, but can also help create positive change now.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Cloud workload protection (CWP) is the process of monitoring and securing cloud workloads from threats, vulnerabilities, and unwanted access, and is typically accomplished via Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP). It provides full cloud security management, reducing risks and protecting assets.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. IT governance and security.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

The breach was reported to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), which oversees GDPR compliance in the UK, and Mermaids is now subject to disciplinary action. The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019 found that one in five charities suffered a cyber attack last year. GDPR compliance checklist for charities.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Yet many organizations still struggle to meet compliance requirements, and EU data protection authorities do not hesitate to hand out penalties. The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. Irish regulators hit Meta with a EUR 1.2

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IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2021

The UK version was born out of the EU GDPR, so you might think that there are only cosmetic differences and that minor actions are required to adjust your documentation and compliance practices. Do you have appropriate security mechanisms for data transfers? Unfortunately, it’s not that straightforward. GDPR documentation made simple.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Our top managed security service providers (MSSPs) list is also a good place to look for help. Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. Accordingly, Kaspersky offers a wide range of professional services to address a range of security problems, including ransomware prevention and removal. DataRecovery. Touchstone.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 26, 2023

The Guidance sits alongside the ICO’s recommendation that organisations should, if they haven’t already, start using PETs to share personal data safely, securely and anonymously. It focuses on how PETs can help achieve data protection compliance but keeps the description of the PETs themselves quite high level. What are PETs?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 16, 2021

Why Data Visibility is Important for Security. The shift to working from home over the past year, as reviewed in “ 451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise: Digital Pulse ” published on October 2020, identifies the “information security as the priority respondents cited most often as having become greater”. Enhanced security.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City confirmed the security incident and is working to recover from the ransomware attack that impacted its services, including the police department. The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The European Union enacted the Network and Information System (NIS) regulation in July 2016 with the intention of ensuring a specific level of security for networks and information systems belonging to critical and sensitive infrastructures in EU member states. As a result, security in the public and private sectors became fragmented.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

Notify the security team Once you’ve disconnected the affected systems, notify your IT security team of the attack. Hackers know this might be your first instinct, and some types of ransomware notice restart attempts and cause additional harm, like damaging Windows or deleting encrypted files.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

An IT security certification can provide a key boost for your career, but with so many different certifications available (and so many organizations more than happy to take your money for training and testing), it’s important to make sure that the time and investment are well spent. How to Choose a Security Certification.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Experts believe that However the FONIX RaaS can quickly become rampant if security firms and authorities underestimate it. “Notably, FONIX varies somewhat from many other current RaaS offerings in that it employs four methods of encryption for each file and has an overly-complex post-infection engagement cycle.”

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 29, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) released guidance to help covered entities understand how they can use remote communication technologies for audio-only telehealth in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules (the “Guidance”).

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