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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. But none of these reasons rose to the top in retail.

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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. The app heavily encrypts all user financial data. Deploying privacy protections: The app uses encryption to protect data from cybercriminals and other prying eyes.

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Consumers have their Say about Protection of Personal Data – Call for More Stringent Controls

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

We live in a digital world in which we engage with significant social, government, retail, business and entertainment services now delivered without any direct human service management. The report provides novel and important insights for businesses, governments, academics and citizens. Governments need to take action.

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Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, all this attention from cyber criminals, as well as regulators and governments, has produced an extremely resilient industry with some of the best cyber security practices of any sector. At 10 percentage points higher than the overall survey base, this speaks well for the financial services industry focus on access control security.

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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. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Case & survey management. Audit management.

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MY TAKE: New ‘cyberthreat index’ shows SMBs cognizant of big risks, ill-prepared to deal with them

The Last Watchdog

A recent survey of more than 1,000 senior execs and IT professionals, called the AppRiver Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, showed a high level of awareness among SMB officials that a cyberattack represents a potentially devastating operational risk. Last February, Dallas-based email encryption vendor Zix Corp.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. According to IDC’s 2021 State of Cloud Security Report , 79 percent of surveyed companies reported a cloud data breach in the last 18 months. Encrypt data in motion and at rest.

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