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GUEST ESSAY: Leveraging ‘zero trust’ and ‘remote access’ strategies to mitigate ransomware risks

The Last Watchdog

Let’s walk through some practical steps organizations can take today, implementing zero trust and remote access strategies to help reduce ransomware risks: •Obvious, but difficult – get end users to stop clicking unknown links and visiting random websites that they know little about, an educational challenge.

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GUEST ESSAY: Best practices to shrink the ever-present risk of Exchange Server getting corrupted

The Last Watchdog

Backup strategies. Encrypt sensitive data and maintain regular, secure backups to ensure data integrity and availability, even in the event of system failures or cyber attacks. Employ continuous monitoring for suspicious activities and have a well-defined incident response plan ready to address any security breaches.

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Three Strategies for Big Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Encryption and access controls for underlying platforms (35% global and U.S.). These are great tactics, but I’d like to discuss the three most common overarching strategies I see in Big Data security today. Strategies for Securing Big Data. Stronger authentication and access controls (38% global, 37% in the U.S.).

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How Jamworks protects confidentiality while integrating AI advantages

IBM Big Data Hub

The advantages of AI are numerous and impactful, from predictive analytics that refine strategies, to natural language processing that fuels customer interactions and assists users in their daily tasks, to assistive tools that enhance accessibility, communication and independence for people with disabilities.

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How to Keep Your Information Safe for Data Privacy Day 2020

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy. Encryption. An organization’s digital security strategy would not be complete without encryption.

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Boosting Your Data Protection Strategy in 2019

Archive Document Data Storage

In this blog, we offer our tips for boosting your data protection strategy in 2019. Use Encryption Software. You can protect your data from hackers by encrypting your data. Encryption software scrambles your emails and files, so only authorised end users with the encryption key can unlock and read them.

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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

This gives the perpetrator the access needed to launch the ransomware and lock the company out of its own infrastructure or encrypt files until the ransom is paid in cryptocurrency. In fact, ransomware-as-a-service is alive and well, educating would-be offenders on how to undertake an attack and even offering customer support.