The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Our defensive strategies must evolve. Rebecca Krauthamer , Co-founder and CPO, QuSecure Krauthamer As new standards for quantum-resilient cryptography come into effect, many government agencies will move toward quantum-readiness. Consumers will begin to see their favorite applications touting “quantum-secure encryption.”

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

Related: What we’ve learned from the massive breach of Capitol At RSA 2020 , I learned about how one of the routine daily chores all large organizations perform — data governance — has started to emerge as something of a cybersecurity multiplier. A robust data archiving strategy puts data into tiers, Lahiri says.

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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

APRIL 1, 2021

Protecting Sensitive Data with Luna Key Broker for Microsoft Double Key Encryption. Thales has integrated its Luna HSMs with DKE for Microsoft 365, which work together to enable organizations to protect their most sensitive data while maintaining full control of their encryption keys. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 14:04.

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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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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. First you need to analyze and design your compliance strategy and tactics, and then you need to operationalize them. Govern PII “at rest”. Govern PII “in motion”.

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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. Key access information.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2019

This is true even though encryption will impose costs on society, especially victims of other types of crime. [.]. Basically, he argues that the security value of strong encryption greatly outweighs the security value of encryption that can be bypassed. He endorses a "defense dominant" strategy for Internet security.

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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. If a hacker intercepts encrypted data, it’s useless without the decryption key.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. And yet at this moment, digital trust isn’t where it needs to be on the boardroom priority list or the IT security team’s strategy. It can form a foundation of a larger digital trust strategy. Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

One thing all of these incidents have in common is how accessible the leaked information was after the breaches themselves occurred, something that could have been avoided had the data been encrypted. For more information on the Privacy Amendment Act 2017, please visit our dedicated landing page.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Protect – Encrypt data at rest and in-flight without costly performance impact. Government. MFA and Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 26, 2023

Confidential computing is a technology and technique that encrypts and stores an organization’s most sensitive data in a secure portion of a computer’s processor — known as the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) — while it’s processed and in use. Most other encryption approaches protect data at rest and data in transit only.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2023

Data sovereignty plays a crucial role in a robust security strategy. Data sovereignty also encompasses the rights and regulations governing data storage, processing, and transfer and often intersects with privacy, security, and legal considerations. When data is sovereign, an organization retains control and ownership over that data.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Government Accountability Office in 2020 about increasing risk due to connected aircraft technology developments. So watch out for weak encryption protocols, insufficient network segregation, or insecure user authentication mechanisms. There was another warning from the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2023

government agencies, global banks, telcos, and tech companies. Read next: Top Enterprise Encryption Products Top Cybersecurity Startups Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices. Also read: The U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Improving cybersecurity practices of critical infrastructure, including transportation, banking, water and healthcare; Creating new infrastructure, such as expanding the network of electric-vehicle charging stations and bringing high-speed Internet to underserved parts of the country, and ensuring that new infrastructure is safe and secure; Providing (..)

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

I had a lively discussion about all of this with NTT Research’s Kazuhiro Gomi, president and chief executive officer, and Kei Karasawa, vice president of strategy. Digital commerce exists in the form we have it today because of the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , our system for encrypting data and certifying its authenticity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Enterprises understand that without a well-crafted sovereignty and compliance strategy, they will struggle to unlock the true value of SaaS and the cloud in their operational jurisdictions. This is not due to being reluctant to promote cloud-first strategies, but due to factors such as a lack of interoperability with legacy apps.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here we outline a strategy for doing that. Our data at rest, while sometimes on individual devices, is usually stored or backed up in the cloud, governed by cloud provider services and policies. Our message is simple: it is possible to get the best of both worlds. What Is Decoupling?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Further, managing the short-term and long-term policies and procedures of your organization can be challenging without an effective GRC strategy in place.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By strategically combining technology in these areas, organizations can enhance their ability to embed security, drive risk mitigation, enable continuous monitoring, ensure adaptive business continuity, foster interoperability, and streamline governance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

government is recommending to ensure the operations of Critical National Infrastructure are not affected by ransomware attacks. Governments step up to protect all businesses. Therefore, immediate action is needed to deploy more robust cybersecurity strategies. Government Towards a Zero Trust Architecture dictate U.S.

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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.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ability of Quantum computers to break these safeguards quickly and easily is the key reason governments and regulatory bodies have been taking action for years to prepare new Quantum-safe algorithms that will update these safeguards to keep these ongoing protections. This is especially true with any data with a long secrecy lifetime.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A cybersecurity strategy is not solely about managing risk across a business’ IT infrastructure. It also offers the industry’s only Keep Your Own Key (KYOK) for data encryption at rest. Consequently, these data breaches can rattle customer trust and the confidence of regulators. 

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2022

The malware exfiltrates data before encrypting the targeted devices to provide additional means of extortion. lilith” extension to rename encrypted files. Besides, the files are encrypted using local Windows cryptographic APIs and random keys generated on the fly. The malware uses a custom “.lilith”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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. According to a separate study 2 , double extortion, which became popular in the first quarter of 2020, collects confidential business information before encrypting a victim's database.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Our approach with this customer is following our land-and-expand strategy. We have 5,000+ customers worldwide, including 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies and major organizations in the Finance, Government, Retail, and Industrial segments. The initial contract value is approximately USD 0.25 The contract is automatically renewable.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

The app heavily encrypts all user financial data. Deploying privacy protections: The app uses encryption to protect data from cybercriminals and other prying eyes. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) Canada’s PIPEDA governs how private-sector businesses collect and use consumer data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

To achieve its goal, the EO sets forward specific requirements: “The Federal Government must adopt security best practices; advance toward Zero Trust Architecture ; accelerate movement to secure cloud services” [Section 3(a)]. develop a Federal cloud-security strategy and provide guidance to agencies accordingly” [Section 3(c)(i)].

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The exponential processing capability of a quantum computer is already being welcomed by governments and corporations. The quantum cybersecurity threat will increase data breaches of sensitive health and financial personal data, challenge the integrity of digital documents, and break certain cryptocurrency encryption.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Data Encryption Public cloud providers implement strong encryption mechanisms to protect data at rest, and users should enable encryption for data in transit as well. Data encryption in transit guarantees that information stays private while being sent across networks.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Addressing the evolving regulatory landscape In response to the evolving regulatory landscape, government agencies have imposed stringent requirements on data retention. In the absence of a robust data backup and protection strategy, businesses leave their valuable data vulnerable to cyber threats.

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