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Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cyber Security Awareness Month – Answering Google’s Most Commonly Asked Questions madhav Wed, 10/18/2023 - 05:25 This month is Cyber Security Awareness Month , highlighting how far security education needs to go in order to enable a secure interconnected world. Data Sovereignty What is data sovereignty?

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Encryption – A Feasible Savior against Prevalent Privacy Issues in Business Communication

Security Affairs

Even though encryption should be taken seriously by businesses of all sizes, only a small fraction of the corporate sector puts their back on it. Why is Encryption a Feasible Option against Digital Threats? Encryption plays an integral role in securing the online data as well as its integrity. Final Thoughts.

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Data protection strategy: Key components and best practices

IBM Big Data Hub

Government regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and industry regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA), oblige companies to protect their customers’ personal data. Failure to comply with these data protection laws can result in hefty fines.

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Data breach prevention: 5 ways attack surface management helps mitigate the risks of costly data breaches

IBM Big Data Hub

While security measures should extend beyond attack surface management to include practices like encryption, strong access controls, employee training and more, by proactively managing your attack surface, you can significantly enhance your security posture and reduce the likelihood and impact of data breaches.

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Weekly podcast: Bank of England, the OPM, Patch Tuesday and Japanese minister

IT Governance

Do you remember the 2015 data breaches at the OPM (the US federal Office of Personnel Management)? The ones that affected the unencrypted personal data of 4.2 These are all basic security practices – the sort of technical and organisational measures mandated by laws and standards around the world. million individuals ?

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CYBERSECURITY AND GDPR: WHERE WE ARE HEADING

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is leading to a change culture, which will increase not only data protection but also security awareness. Below you will find the main takeaways of the data protection and cybersecurity seminar held with the GIOIN Open Innovation Network in Turin.

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The first anniversary of the GDPR: How a risk-based approach can help you achieve GDPR compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Let’s very briefly recall what GDPR is and some of its key concepts, before discussing about steps and security controls that will bring your organization one step closer to compliance. What is the General Data Protection Regulation? GDPR’s legal bases for data processing. Data Mapping Analysis. How is the data is used?

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