Data protection - Articles - Page 23

File security violations within organizations have spiked 134%

July 8, 2021

Well-meaning but negligent users are the biggest data loss risk: More than 70 percent of organizations say the biggest data loss risk is the well-meaning but negligent employee.

Is data security blocking your digital innovation? Data-centric protection can remove the obstacles

Trevor J. Morgan

July 2, 2021

A data security platform can provide a holistic approach by providing key data-centric capabilities that keep data secure from first touch—during data acquisition—through the activities such as data curation and analysis and ultimately to archiving and data destruction.

4 steps to protect your data against disaster in the cloud

Ahsan Siddiqui

June 30, 2021

Is your data truly safe when you move to the cloud? The recent fire at the OVHcloud’s data center in France proves that it is not. Here are four ways to keep your data safe, even when disaster strikes your cloud provider.

k-12 cybersecurity considerations to protect data and secure remote access in the education sector

Secure remote access: Considerations for K-12 and universities

Karen Gondoly

June 28, 2021

The security challenges involved with remote student access, coupled with a need for a user-friendly solution that allows students, faculty and staff to utilize resources when off campus, mean that school and university IT departments must consider a number of elements when evaluating the security of their remote access solutions.

Wegmans discloses data breach

June 21, 2021

Wegmans, American supermarket chain, has disclosed a data breach incident, affecting two of their customer databases.

European Commission adopts new standard contractual clauses

Keypoint: Companies using the previous standard contractual clauses will have eighteen months to transition to the new documents.

David M. Stauss

June 21, 2021

Earlier this month, the European Commission announced that it has adopted “two sets of standard contractual clauses, one for use between controllers and processors and one for the transfer of personal data to third countries.” The new SCCs take into account new requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation as well as the Court of Justice’s Schrems II opinion.

Threat actors are using Google Docs to host phishing attacks

June 18, 2021

Avanan analysts have recently discovered an exploit vector in Google Docs that attackers are using to deliver malicious phishing websites to victims.

Research explores the potential of continuous liveness detection for voice biometrics

June 15, 2021

The research from Florida State University and Rutgers University scientists aims to establish a new level of security for voice biometrics and claims that the tech is vulnerable to spoofing.

Dr. Boaz Gelbord named Chief Security Officer at Akamai Technologies

June 15, 2021

Dr. Boaz Gelbord has joined Akamai Technologies as senior vice president and chief security officer. Gelbord will assume direct leadership of Akamai’s existing information security organization which includes responsibility for cybersecurity, information security compliance, and the protection of Akamai’s systems

CISO leadership and response to data breaches

Ethical disclosures are being ignored: an unchecked security crisis

Ran Nahamias

May 31, 2021

The ethical issues that exist around the wake of discovered security vulnerabilities are vast and murky. Far too often, the conversation about how and when to disclose security weaknesses shifts from a dialogue to a one-way monologue. What's a security leader to do?