The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 4, 2021

The Cloud Trust Paradox: Keeping Control of Data & Encryption Keys in the Cloud. With customers increasingly being less trusting of how companies store and process their data in the cloud, encrypting this data and controlling the encryption keys is essential for building trust. Thu, 03/04/2021 - 09:38.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Related: Marriott reports huge data breach Ever thought about encrypting the data held on a portable storage device? Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

All data remains subject to the laws and regulations of its home country, regardless of where it resides. Given these complexities, Cloud Service Providers are entrusted with a critical responsibility – ensuring that each customer’s data remains protected, compliant, and under the customer’s control.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. Related: Can Europe’s GDPR restore data privacy? And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives. LW: Threats are still out there, essentially.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2021

Thales is honored to be recognized for Best Vendor Security Offering for our Data Protection on Demand Platform. That being said, an increase in the remote workforce made it vital for companies to implement strong identity and access management, as well as encryption security controls. Data security. Data Firewall.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 12, 2024

For enterprises dealing with sensitive information, it is vital to maintain state-of-the-art data security in order to reap the rewards,” says Stuart Winter, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder at Lacero Platform Limited, Jamworks and Guardian.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Data is stored on physical mediums (SSDs, HDDs, and USBs), restricting access to specific devices and requiring physical transfer for mobility.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

A Guide to Key Management as a Service madhav Thu, 06/15/2023 - 11:29 As companies adopt a cloud-first strategy and high-profile breaches hit the headlines, securing sensitive data has become a paramount business concern. The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As the managers and custodians of financial assets and the data about them, they are under constant attack and regulators' increasing scrutiny. Use of encryption to protect sensitive data and multi-factor authentication to protect credential compromise are standard prevention best practices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Monsido Meets Digital Sovereignty Requirements with Cloud Key Management madhav Tue, 11/07/2023 - 05:34 The World Economic Forum estimates that over 92% of all data in the western world is stored on servers owned by very few US-based companies, which raises concerns about data ownership and control.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Attackers are increasingly threatening double and triple extortion in addition to ransom demands, putting more pressure on victims to comply. The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2023

To the best of our knowledge, it doesn’t operate a data leak site. That’s quite unusual for a ransomware campaign since many prominent gangs brag about big targets and post them as victims on their data leak sites. It turns out the gang has been actively targeting weakly-protected SMB shares.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 12, 2023

a leader in ultra-secure backup and recovery, is tackling the pressing data protection and security challenges faced by organizations utilizing the thousands of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications on the market today. Implementing a backup strategy with high-frequency, incremental backups is crucial to minimize data loss.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

With organizations around the world now deploying ever-increasing amounts of encryption solutions in an effort to ward off cybercrime, businesses are facing a combination of challenges. Protecting data through encryption. Using algorithms to encode data as ciphertext, encryption acts as a safety blanket for data.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

First and foremost, cyberattacks can lead to data breaches in which sensitive information is stolen. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Sometimes hackers can encrypt your systems, holding them hostage and asking you to pay money to regain access to them. The penalties for failing to protect this data can be steep.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim’s customers and partners directly, warning that their data will be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm to pay up. “Good day!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 29, 2019

Around this time each year, Thales eSecurity releases our annual Data Threat Report (DTR). Now in its sixth year, the report is squarely focused on digital transformation and what that means for organizations and their data security. In fact, 71% of organizations are using sensitive data in the cloud.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

Shifting Risk and Business Environment Demand creates a Shift in Security Strategies. The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. 52% of respondents are concerned with 'tomorrow's decryption of today's data'.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2017

To combat threats and keep data safe, IT teams must employ robust encryption, key management, and access controls. To secure storage, many organizations have been leveraging native encryption offerings from their storage vendors. On the other hand, many enterprise applications now offer native encryption capabilities.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2022

Help your customers easily store and manage cryptographic keys separate from their sensitive data, enhancing encryption key control and data security in the Google Cloud. With the Thales Luna Cloud HSM service from Thales Data Protection on Demand (DPoD), you can: Generate and store cryptographic keys.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Larsson quotes Gunnebo CEO Stefan Syrén saying the company never considered paying the ransom the attackers demanded in exchange for not publishing its internal documents. But prior to launching their ransomware, it has become common practice for these extortionists to offload as much sensitive and proprietary data as possible.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The stakes are especially high for organizations in highly regulated industries because they can be exploited through their digital supply chain, giving hackers access to consumers’ valuable and sensitive data. Consequently, these data breaches can rattle customer trust and the confidence of regulators. 

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 3, 2024

AI's ability to process vast amounts of data and recognize patterns has far-reaching implications for identity verification. These entities will revolutionize the ID market with enhanced privacy protection, personalized services, and nuanced resource access. The need for enhanced security and user convenience drives this change.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2021

Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant Acer was victim of the REvil ransomware attack, the gang is demanding the payment of a $50,000,000 ransom, the largest one to date. billion in revenue.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

In particular, ransomware, which encrypts users’ data and demands a cryptocurrency ransom for their release or to avoid a dataleak, is becoming increasingly prevalent, causing financial and operational damage to individuals and businesses worldwide. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2021

Thales is honored to be recognized for Best Vendor Security Offering for our Data Protection on Demand Platform. That being said, an increase in the remote workforce made it vital for companies to implement strong identity and access management, as well as encryption security controls. Data security. Data Firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

How to Address the Requirements of Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law of Indonesia divya Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:35 In response to the increased number of attacks targeting the personal data of millions of Indonesian citizens, the government passed the first Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law in 2022.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Crooks left a ransom note, threatening to leak the data and inform authorities of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations. BTC (about $200) ransom, threatening to start leaking data and warning about huge fines related to the potential GDPR violations. Original Post published on CyberNews.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While AI can undoubtedly offer a competitive edge to organizations that effectively leverage its capabilities, we have seen unique concerns from industry to industry and region to region that must be considered—particularly around data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2022

Schrems II and the Security of International Data Flows. companies to conduct transatlantic data flows in compliance with the GDPR. Neira Jones moderated a very interesting webinar to discuss the implications of the Schrems II ruling and what organizations can do to prevent unlawful cases of data transfers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Data breaches in the retail sector illustrate the vulnerabilities inherent to this industry, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures. It becomes, therefore, essential for retailers to consider the fresh insights provided by the Thales 2023 Data Threat Report – Financial Services Edition.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2023

Laws and regulations regarding personal data are especially strict in the healthcare sector – for obvious and justifiable reasons. In fact, a new data protection law, the “ Neues DSG ” goes into effect September 2023 in Switzerland. This new law calls for even stricter regulation for personal data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These attacks have the potential to cause significant financial, operational, and reputational damage to a company: bad actors cut off access to vital systems, ransoms demanded can be in the millions of dollars, and paying the ransom doesn’t guarantee a resolution.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Additional log integrations — Drives further visibility with tools like FluentD, Jamf, Zscaler, Azure Kubernetes, Symantec Data Center Security, and VMware Unified Access Gateway. SASE integrations — Delivers unparalleled visibility into encrypted traffic, remote users, and cloud workload. NetWitness’s 12.3 With NetWitness 12.3,

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