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Retail has a multi-cloud problem…with sensitive data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting all aspects of the economy across every industry, and nowhere is this truer than in retail. Overall, 76% report that they will also use sensitive data within at least one of these cloud environments. Tools that reduce multi-cloud data security complexity are critical.

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It’s time to think twice about retail loyalty programs

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. What I’d originally planned to write about was a topic that directly applies – why retailers of all stripes are not investing in data security. Not worried about customer churn?

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually. The app heavily encrypts all user financial data.

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Top 10 Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files.

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Does artificial intelligence mean artificial security?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Yes, we’re talking about big data and analytics. Data, analytics and AI go together like eggs, toast and coffee. 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? Who holds your data?

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The 57 percent rate statistic is the highest of all verticals we measured in this year’s report (others include the healthcare industry, the retail industry, and the financial services industry) or any region surveyed. More so than commercial enterprises, government agencies are making a massive shift to the cloud.

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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

A data controller is any organization, group, or person that collects personal data and determines how it is used. Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates. A data processor is any organization or group that conducts data processing activities.

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