Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

January 2021

The Economics of Data Loss Prevention

In 2017, The Economist announced that the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil – it’s data. Since the phrase “big data” was coined in the 1990s, data has become increasingly important to virtually every aspect of running a business – not to mention how we conduct our daily lives. It’s no surprise that some of the most valuable companies are also those that capture the most user data. Take Facebook, for instance.

Securing your code: GDPR best practices for application security

GDPR best practices often focus on how to process and manage personal data, but companies should also consider application security to ensure compliance. The standard cliché used to be that you are what you eat. Which remains true, of course. But it’s also incomplete—so last century. Today, you are what you do online, which is almost everything.

Rubrik Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Backup & Recovery Solutions

At Rubrik, every new feature and innovation is developed through our customers’ lens. We are always looking for new ways to work with our customers to truly understand their deepest data management pain points and business objectives. Nothing brings us more joy than hearing that Rubrik brings our customers peace of mind and new value from their backup data.

CISO Insider S1E4 - Change management and risk triage with Lisa Hawke

At Nightfall, we believe in the power of learning from those who have done it before. That’s why we created CISO Insider — a podcast interview series that features CISOs and security executives with a broad set of backgrounds, from hyper-growth startups to established enterprises. Through these interviews, we’ll learn how industry experts overcame obstacles, navigated their infosec careers, and created an impact in their organizations.

Be Ready for Anything with VMware Cloud on AWS

If the pandemic, catastrophic wildfires, record-setting hurricane season, and “murder hornets” of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s to be prepared for any situation. In business, the motto is “hope for the best, plan for the worst.” Should some sort of disaster – cyber or otherwise – strike, organizations need to be prepared to maintain business as usual with a strong disaster recovery plan in place.

The Data Privacy 'To Do List' for the new US administration

A new administration in the most influential economy in the world triggers news hopes and expectations in every industry. But if major change were to be on the agenda, what would be the most beneficial, transformative, impactful or prudent new data privacy initiatives that the new US administration ought to introduce? Here’s my top three: The obvious – and trickiest – first area for the new administration is a federal privacy law.

Data Classification Is Data Storage

‘Business’ is a verb that practically means the movement of data. If you aren’t sharing data – keeping the books, sharing ideas and stats about sales, getting the correct information regarding the customer or data to the customer – then you aren’t doing much business. But organizations need to protect their data along the way. Infosec has so many ways of protecting those sources of data, so much so that users of the data often complain.

3 Permanent Security Risks in a Post-Pandemic World

With the administration of COVID-19 vaccines beginning around the world, many of us have begun to look to a future where the pandemic does not totally dominate our lives. Naturally, the way we socialize and work will have shifted. Remote work, for instance, has shown to be more productive and preferable for many businesses. In the cybersecurity space, we’re also beginning to realize which threats are opportunistic and temporary – and which ones are here to stay.

Network, Endpoint, and Cloud DLP: A Quick Guide

At the beginning of 2019, 60% of companies responding to the Insider Threat Report survey reported that they were planning to implement a data loss prevention (DLP) solution. For a few years, organizations have been aware that they need to add data loss prevention (DLP) tools and software to their technology stack in order to safeguard sensitive information collected and stored` However, there’s a common misconception that DLP is just one “thing”.

How is Data Stored in Confluence?

Confluence is one of Atlassian’s most popular collaboration tools, a team workspace where users can create, capture, and coordinate on a variety of project types. Confluence’s role as a hub for sharing documents and creating templates means that, for many organizations, some of their most confidential data may live within their Confluence spaces.

How Enterprises are Leveraging Rubrik's Technology to Power Digital Transformation in a Constantly Changing Environment

As the pandemic continues to impact businesses all over the world, new challenges have emerged for business leaders - particularly in the retail and consumer sectors of the market. At Rubrik, we partner with leading global system integrators and delivery partners to solve the most difficult challenges enterprises face in these verticals.

Five worthy reads: Make data security your New Year's resolution

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. More than ever, now is the time for organizations to prioritize data security. This week we look at some data security trends that are shaping the industry today. Illustration by Balaji KR A recent study conducted by RiskBased Security has labeled 2020 the worst year for data security with a shocking 36 billion records compromised, twice the number from 2019.

CISO Insider S1E3 - The OODA Loop with J.J. Agha

At Nightfall, we believe in the power of learning from those who have done it before. That’s why we created CISO Insider — a podcast interview series that features CISOs and security executives with a broad set of backgrounds, from hyper-growth startups to established enterprises. Through these interviews, we’ll learn how industry experts overcame obstacles, navigated their infosec careers, and created an impact in their organizations.