Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

October 2024

archTIS

9 Ways Data Vampires Are Bleeding Your Sensitive Information

Oct 31, 2024 By Irena Mroz In archTIS
Beware! Remote work and the variety of collaboration tools are making it easier than ever to access and share data, leaving sensitive information at risk from data vampires. Today, we share an old dark tale for you, but just as in Grimm’s fairy tales, the lessons are still frightfully relevant.
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protegrity

Healthcare, Finance, and Utility Security: Meeting Data Compliance Standards Across Industries

Oct 30, 2024 By Protegrity In Protegrity
Organizations across different industries are subject to diverse regulatory compliance frameworks, each with stringent requirements. In the healthcare, finance, and utility sectors, these standards are particularly critical due to the high sensitivity of data and the potential consequences of breaches or non-compliance. Protegrity’s data compliance platform simplifies meeting regulatory requirements by employing encryption, tokenization, and data masking.
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apono

How to Create a Data Loss Prevention Policy: A Step-by-Step Guide

Oct 29, 2024 By Rom Carmel In Apono
With an average of more than 5 data breaches globally a day, it’s clear companies need a way to prevent data loss. This is where a data loss prevention policy comes into play. A data loss prevention policy serves as a crucial safeguard against unauthorized access, data breaches, and compliance violations. This comprehensive framework outlines strategies and procedures to identify, monitor, and protect valuable data assets across an organization’s network, endpoints, and cloud environments.
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cyberhaven

Don't be fooled: data security requires global data lineage, not "local lineage"

Oct 29, 2024 By Cameron Galbraith In Cyberhaven
Securing data today requires the context provided by data lineage: where data came from, who interacted with it over time, which systems have used it, and more. But buyer beware: many vendors now claim to offer “data lineage” that only provides a tiny fraction of the context of true, global data lineage.
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securitysenses

Password Protect PDF Files to Keep You Data Security

Oct 29, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
The PDF format is one of the most widespread ways of sharing documents worldwide. The standard used has the advantage that when shared on any device it has the same form, so it cannot happen that the document looks different on one device than on another. For this reason, a large number of people work with PDF files and it is impossible to avoid handling them.
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protegrity

Starting a Cybersecurity Compliance Program

Oct 28, 2024 By Protegrity In Protegrity
Launching a successful cybersecurity compliance program requires careful planning, a dedicated team, and a commitment to achieving industry certifications. Protegrity’s platform streamlines this process by providing centralized data protection tools, ensuring that organizations meet security compliance standards while simplifying risk management and audit preparation.
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safeaeon

NSA Suite B Encryption: Understanding Its Role in Securing Sensitive Data

Oct 28, 2024 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
Since data breaches are becoming more common and online threats are always changing, strong encryption methods are needed to keep private data safe. NSA Suite B Encryption is one of these standards. It was made by the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide a group of safe cryptographic methods. These algorithms are very important for keeping private information safe in many areas, such as the government, the military, and the private industry.
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nightfall

How To Prevent Secrets Sprawl

Oct 28, 2024 By Isaac Madan In Nightfall
Where are your credentials and secrets, and how are you protecting them? These are fair questions, considering the pervasiveness of secrets sprawl. We recently conducted research over 12 months to determine where enterprises’ secrets were residing within their systems, like GitHub, Confluence, Zendesk and Slack. In addition to API keys and passwords, secrets like SSL certificates, usernames and others are spilling into enterprises’ cloud environments and increasing the risk of a breach.
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fidelis security

How to Choose the Best Data Loss Prevention Solution for Financial Services

Oct 28, 2024 By Fidelis Security In Fidelis Security
Data is the backbone of the financial services industry. Each transaction, interaction, and record hold sensitive information. This can be attacked by both internal and foreign attacks. In today’s highly regulated world, financial institutions must make considerable efforts to safeguard their data and comply with regulations such as GDPR, PCI DSS, SOX, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
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fidelis security

Data Leak Prevention vs Data Loss Prevention: Safeguarding Information in the Digital Age

Oct 25, 2024 By Fidelis Security In Fidelis Security
In this digital age, enterprises in all industries are creating and accumulating an astronomical amount of sensitive data to store and exchange. Given a prevalence of highly sensitive data, preventing it from getting into the wrong hands or avoiding data loss by accident has become a top priority. While on surface data loss vs data leak can look harmless, it can lead to financial losses, reputational damages, and even trigger litigation.
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archTIS

Ensuring Classified Data Doesn't End Up Public Using Data-centric Zero Trust

Oct 24, 2024 By Irena Mroz In archTIS
This week, the FBI announced it is investigating a classified data leak of U.S. intel on Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran. The top-secret documents were exposed on the Telegram messaging app, and it’s unclear if it was a leak or hack. The investigation will center on the Defense Department’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which manages the country’s network of spy satellites and anyone with access to the classified document.
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nightfall

9 Leading Data Protection Alternatives to Metomic

Oct 24, 2024 By Lindsey Watts In Nightfall
When it comes to building a comprehensive data security strategy, everything hinges on finding and accurately classifying all your sensitive data. It seems security professionals have finally given up on legacy solutions that require extensive labeling and manual data mapping — and not a moment too soon. We're confident no one will mourn the passing of legacy solutions.
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protegrity

Compliance Cheat Sheet: GDPR vs. CPRA vs. HIPAA vs. SOC

Oct 23, 2024 By Protegrity In Protegrity
Those who work up close and personal with security compliance standards can always use another tool in their tool belt. So we won’t waste your time. Using this cheat sheet, you can quickly explore the ever-changing requirements and penalties for some of the most significant regulatory compliance standards across the globe. It’s difficult to keep up while meeting data compliance standards, which is why it’s crucial to have a resource for your efforts.
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protegrity

A Step-by-Step Guide to DORA Finance Compliance: Practical Advice for Financial Institutions

Oct 21, 2024 By Protegrity In Protegrity
In the previous post, we explained what the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is and why it’s crucial for financial institutions and meeting their financial compliance requirements. Now, let’s dive into the steps you need to take to ensure your organisation is fully prepared by the January 2025 deadline.
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protegrity

Cybersecurity Compliance for IT: Key Regulatory Frameworks and Standards

Oct 21, 2024 By Protegrity In Protegrity
Cybersecurity compliance is crucial for protecting sensitive data and ensuring adherence to global security compliance standards. Protegrity’s comprehensive data security solutions, such as tokenization and dynamic data masking, empower organizations to safeguard their sensitive PII while allowing specific data sets to be protected and maintain compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA rules and regulations, and PCI-DSS.
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nightfall

DLP 101: How to Prevent Data Exfiltration in the Cloud

Oct 21, 2024 By Madeline Day In Nightfall
These days, your organization's data is its most valuable asset. But what happens when that data slips through your fingers? Picture this: It's Friday afternoon, and your security team receives an alert about an unusual number of downloads from your cloud storage app, Google Drive. As you investigate, you realize it's corporate IP that's being downloaded en masse by a departing employee. This type of exfiltration incident isn't just hypothetical; it's a reality that organizations face on the daily.
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protegrity

DORA Compliance: Key Insights for Financial Institutions on New EU Regulations

Oct 18, 2024 By Protegrity In Protegrity
As the January 2025 deadline approaches, financial institutions across the European Union prepare to increase their financial data security by meeting regulatory compliance standards with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). But what exactly is DORA, and why does it matter for your organisation? Let’s take a closer look.
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manageengine

The states of data, Part 4: Securing data in motion through treacherous transits

Oct 17, 2024 By DataSecurity Plus In ManageEngine
In our previous blog, Data in use and why you need to keep an eye on file activities, we discussed why you should monitor how your data is being used, threats to data in use, and how you can protect it. But, when your data is on the move, you need other security capabilities to secure it. In this blog, we’ll explore data in motion. Gone are the days when you’d simply store your data in your local database and share it with peers when required.
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knowbe4

AI-Enhanced Cyber Attacks Top the List of Potential Threats Facing Data Security

Oct 17, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
AI is quickly becoming the basis for more cyber attacks, leading organizations to realize the risk it presents. A new report now shows that AI-enhanced cyber attacks are now the top concern of security leaders. I recently wrote about how prolific ransomware attacks are and what the outcomes were for those experiencing attacks. In the same report - GetApp’s 2024 Data Security report – I also found some interesting data around where AI sits in the list of concerns for cybersecurity leaders.
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teramind

Top 17 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Tools Heading Into 2025

Oct 16, 2024 By Taran Soodan In Teramind
Many security professionals prioritize data loss prevention (DLP). To this end, they’re increasingly relying on DLP software to make their lives easier. DLP software solutions are proactive rather than reactive. These tools provide flexible control over highly sensitive data, monitor and identify potential weak points, and provide a robust defense against even the most damaging data loss and security incidents.
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securitysenses

Designing a Comprehensive IT Strategy for Scalability and Security

Oct 16, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
In digitized business environments, resilient IT strategies empower organizations to innovate fearlessly through sustained agility and threat countermeasures, scaling operations seamlessly. Yet fragmented foundations invite catchup turmoil reactively behind market dynamics, securing continuity and trust sub-optimally.
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lookout

Data Security Best Practices: 7 Tips to Crush Bad Actors

Oct 15, 2024 By Lookout In Lookout
In today’s hyper-connected world, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to ensure your data is protected. With users accessing networks from multiple locations, data passing through unpredictable endpoints, and a rampant increase in cybercrime, establishing and maintaining data security best practices has never been more important. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 2,365 cyber attacks in 2023, a 72% increase over 2021.
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lookout

Top Strategies for Preventing Accidental Data Shares in Real Time

Oct 15, 2024 By Lookout In Lookout
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, it’s not enough to guard against external threats. Employees have access to so much sensitive information and so many ways to share it that it’s easier than ever to leak data accidentally. These accidental data shares can jeopardize your organization’s compliance standing, expose your systems to threat actors, and cost you business. Everyone makes mistakes.
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Internxt

How to Keep Your Data Safe in the Cloud with the Best Backup Software

Oct 15, 2024 By Internxt In Internxt
When it comes to file storage, it's not just a case of storing your files in the cloud and the job’s done. You have to take more steps to protect against data loss, corruption, accidental deletion, or ransomware. Whenever you store anything, it is essential to back up your files for complete reassurance that no matter what happens to your device, you will always have a backed-up version of your files that you can recover.
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tripwire

Five Challenges of National Information Assurance and How to Overcome Them

Oct 15, 2024 By Christy Cherian In Tripwire
The National Information Assurance (NIA) Policy is a framework for offering organizations a foundation for information security management. It was designed and developed to aid organizations with the necessary steps to ensure information security, from assessing and classifying risk to choosing and implementing controls for mitigation.
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5 Steps to Data Security for Sensitive Information in Construction

Oct 14, 2024 By Egnyte In Egnyte
Discover how handling sensitive data, such as building drawings, impacts compliance and business success in the construction industry. Securing project information is crucial to protect your reputation, avoid costly cyberattacks, and ensure long-term customer trust. Learn actionable steps to safeguard your data and meet industry compliance standards. Featuring insights from industry experts. Explore more resources on data security.
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protegrity

The Problem With Third-Party Breaches: A Data Protection Dilemma

Oct 11, 2024 By Clyde Williamson, Chief Security Architect In Protegrity
Time and time again, organisations face an escalating threat to their data: Third-party breaches. As businesses increasingly rely on external vendors and partners for various services, the security of sensitive information becomes more vulnerable. This poses the question: Are traditional security measures still effective or obsolete in protecting vital information?
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securitysenses

Patient Data Security in Healthcare Marketing: A Critical Necessity

Oct 11, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Nowadays, patient engagement through online tools forms an important part of healthcare marketing. The use of digital channels to reach out to patients requires that patient data security be considered with the seriousness it deserves. Healthcare providers have access to critical personal information. Hence, protecting this data is a basic tenet that goes beyond just being a legal requirement. More so because trust between them and their patients has to be cemented.
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protecto

Essential Guide to PII Data Discovery: Tools, Importance, and Best Practices

Oct 10, 2024 By Rahul Sharma In Protecto
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is data that can uniquely identify an individual, such as an employee, a patient, or a customer. “Sensitive PII” refers to information that, if compromised, could pose a greater risk to the individual’s privacy and misuse of information for someone else’s gains.
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lookout

Protecting Sensitive Data Sharing on Social Networking Sites

Oct 10, 2024 By Charity Spiri In Lookout
As organizations embrace social media for networking, marketing, and recruiting, platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X (formerly Twitter) have become integral to business operations. While social networking sites offer numerous benefits for productivity, collaboration, and engagement, they also introduce significant security challenges, particularly concerning the handling and potential exposure of sensitive data.
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Trustwave

How Microsoft E5 Security Helps Protect Healthcare and Patient Data

Oct 10, 2024 By Trustwave In Trustwave
In the healthcare industry, safeguarding patient data is not just a regulatory requirement but a moral imperative. With the increasing digitization of health records and the rise in cyber threats, healthcare organizations need robust security solutions. Microsoft E5 offers a comprehensive suite of security features designed to protect sensitive healthcare data. Coupled with Trustwave’s Microsoft expertise, organizations can get the most out of their E5 investments.
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securitysenses

The Intersection Of Blockchain Technology And Cybersecurity: What To Watch

Oct 9, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
As blockchain technology becomes increasingly integrated into various sectors, its influence on cybersecurity is undeniable. The promise of decentralised systems offers stronger protection against threats. However, new challenges emerge with this integration. Understanding how blockchain intersects with cybersecurity is essential for businesses and individuals interested in safeguarding their digital assets.
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manageengine

The states of data, Part 3: Data in use and why you need to keep an eye on file activities

Oct 8, 2024 By DataSecurity Plus In ManageEngine
In our previous blog, The states of data, Part 2: Why visibility is key for protecting data at rest, we discussed the importance of discovering data; classifying it; assigning the right permissions; and getting rid of redundant, obsolete, or trivial data to protect data at rest. While doing all this can get you started, achieving data security takes more than that.
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protecto

PII Data Classification: Key Best Practices

Oct 4, 2024 By Rahul Sharma In Protecto
PII (Personally Identifiable Information) refers to data that can directly or indirectly identify an individual, such as names, addresses, or phone numbers. Protecting PII data is critical, as exposure can result in identity theft, financial fraud, or privacy breaches. With businesses collecting vast amounts of PII, proper PII data classification has become essential to safeguarding sensitive information and complying with data protection regulations.
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lookout

Safeguarding Sensitive Information in the Age of Generative AI

Oct 4, 2024 By Lookout In Lookout
Since its debut in 2022, ChatGPT has radically reshaped the way we interact with technology. Generative AI (genAI) platforms like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Meta AI have rapidly gained in popularity, offering capabilities that range from rewriting text to generating creative content. While these tools have created new opportunities for enhanced productivity, they’ve also introduced new security risks — particularly when users unknowingly share sensitive information.
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riscosity

Board Responsibilities for Data Security and Privacy

Oct 2, 2024 By Anirban Banerjee In Riscosity
Corporate boards are tasked with ensuring that sensitive information—ranging from intellectual property (IP) and end-user information to sales statistics—is handled securely. As data becomes an ever-more valuable asset, so too do the risks associated with mismanagement.
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archTIS

Understanding EAR Compliance Regulations: Tips for US and non-US Companies

Oct 2, 2024 By Irena Mroz In archTIS
Coauthored with Eva Galfi, CEO & Principal Consultant, International Trade Advisors Pty Ltd The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) implements and enforces the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to regulate the export, reexport and transfer (in-country) commercial and less sensitive military items. If you need to comply with or learn more about US export control requirements, read our 6 W’s EAR Compliance to help you comply with these strict U.S.
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Protecto Snowflake Integration Demo: Safeguard Sensitive Data!

Oct 2, 2024 By Protecto In Protecto
Welcome to the Protecto Snowflake Integration Demo, where we show you how to safeguard sensitive data using Protecto’s advanced AI-powered masking tools! In today’s world, businesses using Snowflake for AI and analytics face significant risks with sensitive information hidden within unstructured data like comments and feedback columns. Protecto provides a unique solution, precisely masking only the sensitive parts of your unstructured data while leaving the rest untouched, ensuring your datasets remain valuable for analysis.
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