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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Big Data Hub

Plus, blockchain transaction records are encrypted, making them incredibly difficult to hack or alter. Learn more about Smart Contracts More than 60% of Americans surveyed said they would pay up to a third more for products that are responsibly made and transparently sourced. Try out cognitive intelligence free for 30-days.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

In Fortinet’s 2023 cloud security survey of cybersecurity professionals, 52% selected storage as the service their firm deployed in the cloud. Anyone with sensitive data stored in the cloud is vulnerable in the event of data breach, so enforce strong encryption, authentication, and patching measures.

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. For example, 37% of the Thales survey respondents are not confident they know where their sensitive data is stored. And only a mere 2.6%

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How to handle a ransomware attack 

IBM Big Data Hub

Of the 1,350 organizations surveyed in a recent study, 78 percent suffered a successful ransomware attack (link resides outside ibm.com). 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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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

The SocksEscort home page says its services are perfect for people involved in automated online activity that often results in IP addresses getting blocked or banned, such as Craigslist and dating scams, search engine results manipulation, and online surveys. Another domain with the Google Analytics code US-2665744 was sscompany[.]net.

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Three Strategies for Big Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

We surveyed more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, and virtually all (99%) report they plan to use Big Data this year. Encryption and access controls for underlying platforms (35% global and U.S.). The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) has great information on Big Data use and security. respondents.

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Guest Post -- GDPR Compliance starts with Data Discovery

AIIM

Even though The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect in just seven short months on May 25, 2018 a recently published Gartner report found that 50 percent of the companies surveyed do not expect to be ready to comply with a much more rigorous privacy regime including its onerous enforcement provisions.

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