Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In this blog, we will explain the unique data security challenges for Telcos and three ways how both Thales and Red Hat can help them protect against future API attacks. However, you would not be able to access the restaurants more sensitive data such as their financial, employee, or tax records. What are APIs?

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OneHub

MAY 6, 2021

What exactly is data encryption? Data encryption is a complex facet of data security that consists of high-level mathematics and cryptography. Encryption protects data such as business files by making the information unreadable to unauthorized users. Do I really need to encrypt business files?

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erwin

JULY 12, 2019

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Govern PII “at rest”. Govern PII “in motion”. Complexity.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang is threatening to ‘overthrow’ the new government of Costa Rica after last month’s attack. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 21, 2020

federal government contends with a tidal wave of demands in the COVID-19 battle, agencies are pushed to unprecedented limits. government is excelling with digital transformation (DX) which is critical in this time of crisis as the cloud becomes a crucial dynamic with the world working remotely. As the U.S. Some good news: the U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 17, 2019

Modern encryption can trace its root back to before WWII when Alan Turing built a modern computer in order to break the Enigma. Encryption went from being a technology predominantly used in highly classified, mission critical applications to a foundational component used in almost all aspects of our lives. So now what?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 28, 2018

Cloud providers have done a good job of integrating default encryption services within their core infrastructure. However, as discussed in previous blogs , the encryption service is only as secure as the keys that are used to encrypt the data. Which data within cloud workloads is encrypted.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Six months since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into force, pseudonymisation and data encryption remain the only technology measures specifically mentioned in the famously technology-agnostic Regulation. But what exactly is meant by ‘pseudonymisation’ and ‘encryption’? What is encryption?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Privacy controls allow you to say who or what can access a database of customer data or employee data. Here are a few examples of demographic data that in combination with sensitive data makes it Personally Identifiable Information (PII). They take all this private information, and then they sell it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As government agencies get back to work after summer barbeques, family vacations and once-in-a-lifetime getaways, the focus is on the priorities for the rest of 2019. Cybersecurity remains one of the top concerns and priorities for our government. Quantum Computing is Coming-Is the Federal Government Ready? In fact, the U.S.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached.

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IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2021

The UK data protection landscape is a lot more complex following Brexit. Many organisations are now subject to both the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the UK GDPR (General Data Protection). In this blog, we look at some of the things you must consider. Unfortunately, it’s not that straightforward.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Securing sensitive data in an evolving landscape Advancements like those in AI and quantum computing can pose new challenges to customers, especially those in highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and more. IBM Cloud Object Storage manages data files as highly resilient and durable objects.

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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. This ciphertext is then transmitted to a recipient.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the concept of cyber resiliency from an IBM® perspective and how our approach can help organizations protect themselves in an ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. Cyber resiliency goes beyond mere cybersecurity measures. You can also book a meeting on the IBM FlashSystem page.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2024

Navigating the EU-US Data Protection Framework sparsh Thu, 01/11/2024 - 05:26 On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a new adequacy decision regarding the Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). However, European organizations need to dive with eyes wide open when transferring personal data to the US under the DPF.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SaaS data security: here’s why enterprises need to focus on this fast-growing challenge now! In fact, today’s most successful companies are characterized by increased SaaS usage, with a growing percentage of critical business data running on SaaS apps. Similarly, not all data is stored and processed by SaaS apps.

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Data Matters

JUNE 23, 2022

Kentucky and Maryland recently continued the trend of state insurance departments adopting some version of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The post Kentucky and Maryland Recently Joined Other States in Adopting NAIC Model Data Security Law.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

After supporters and opponents of mandated government access to encrypted communications publicly feuded for much of 2016, reprising arguments they’ve had since at least the days of the “Clipper Chip,” these “encryption debates” seemed to quiet down for much of last year. See, e.g., here.)

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Data Matters

JUNE 21, 2021

Some key takeaways from these hearings include the fact that members of Congress expect companies will have plans in place anticipating possible ransomware attacks; companies should consult with the FBI on ransom payments; and companies should participate in government cybersecurity initiatives that are relevant to their business.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 5, 2022

Key Repatriation, the first step in re-establishing Cloud Data Digital Sovereignty. Moreover, for data dependent organizations, the fact is we cannot outsource responsibility for the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our critical data to a third-party cloud provider. Get the Cloud Data Security Basics Right.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 15, 2020

Remember back in 2016 when Apple with in a court battle with the Department of Justice over giving investigators access to encrypted data on the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters? Now, Apple is in a new dispute with the government again over the same issue.

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IT Governance

JULY 10, 2023

Welcome to our second quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches for 2023. Overview IT Governance discovered 297 security incidents between April and June 2023, which accounted for 116,933,247 breached records. With the victims unable to access their files or systems, they felt compelled to meet the criminals’ ransom demands.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. Yet many organizations still struggle to meet compliance requirements, and EU data protection authorities do not hesitate to hand out penalties. Irish regulators hit Meta with a EUR 1.2 billion fine in 2023.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. In August 2020, it was embroiled in a data breach affecting more than 800,000 EyeMed and Lenscrafters patients.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. Among those was the encrypted messaging app Signal , which said the breach could have let attackers re-register the phone number on another device for about 1,900 users. On July 28 and again on Aug. According to an Aug.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. It follows a mammoth start to the year, with more than 277 million breached records in January , and brings the running total for the year to over 300 million pieces of compromised personal data. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below.

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IT Governance

APRIL 28, 2022

The Stormous ransomware gang announced earlier this week that it had hacked Coca-Cola and stolen 161 gigabytes of data. Unlike most cyber attacks, ransomware isn’t designed to sneak in undetected and exfiltrate data before the organisation closes the vulnerability.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

November 2017 saw one of Australia’s biggest ever data breaches, in which sensitive personal information regarding almost 50,000 consumers and 5,000 public servants was exposed online. Here then, as with the breaches mentioned above, we can see the importance of an “encrypt everything” strategy, as referred to in my previous post.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Focusing on foundational capabilities To address DORA effectively, financial institutions are advised to concentrate on mastering foundational capabilities in four key domains: Data, Operations, Risk Management, and Automation and AI.

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Collibra

JANUARY 14, 2021

Data Privacy Day is celebrated on 28th of January every year. The new work-from-home norm and consumer contract tracing apps are 2020 solutions that further complicate how organizations’ have traditionally safeguarded data. 5 Steps to build an enterprise data protection framework. Identify business data owners.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – although it likely also includes new data.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. According to CyberNews , more than 300 million data records were compromised, including 21,000 telephone numbers and 31,000 email addresses. Some payment card data was also exposed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 14, 2019

Digital transformation is driving IT modernization, IoT, and cloud migrations at a record pace in the federal government. The ability to narrow the gap between taking advantage of digital transformation without compromising security was a reoccurring theme at our 2019 annual Data Security Summit on May 1.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2018

The variety of laws and regulations governing how organizations manage and share sensitive information can look like a bowl of alphabet soup: HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, PCI and GLBA. But there are a manageable number of precautions you can take to secure customer data that will tick the boxes for many different regulations. Keep track of data.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As an overarching law in China with respect to data privacy, PIPL shares many similarities with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In particular, a company should pay attention to the following differences between PIPL and GDPR: Data localization. Standalone consent of data subjects.

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