The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established rules for handling personal information in the EU. And with strict penalties for noncompliance, it puts the onus on businesses like yours to know where all their GDPR-related data is located and how it’s treated.
The risks of a data leak have never been higher. Over the last year, data breach costs rose from $3.86 million to $4.24 million, a record high. Data exfiltration, sophisticated hacker attacks, and even insider threats are forcing organizations across the board to take a more sophisticated, multi-layered approach to data security. Enter: data masking. Data masking is a simple technique that can help organizations continue to work productively while keeping sensitive data stored safely.
Elastic has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2021 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) report with an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 based on 51 reviews as on November 25, 2021. The report combines the feedback and experiences of more than 51 Elastic Security customers on Gartner Peer Insights™. Elastic’s Willingness to Recommend score was 98% — the highest of all vendors included in the report.
Social engineering is a form of security fraud that relies on psychological manipulation techniques to trick people into revealing sensitive information. In the previous two articles in this series, we discussed in depth what social engineering is, and highlighted a variety of both common and sophisticated social engineering attacks.
Named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Incident Readiness Services 2021 Vendor Assessment, Kroll was recognized for its portfolio of incident readiness testing and assessment capabilities fueled by frontline incident response expertise and depth of its services.
The complexity of cybersecurity threats has increased over the years. Additionally, the number of attack surfaces that can be used by cybercriminals has expanded phenomenally with the rise in remote and hybrid workplace models. With such a wide scope of possible cyberthreats, there’s no single solution that can counter them all.
Stats suggest that 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses and 60% of these attacks are encountered within the first 6 months of setting up a business. While the horrors of cyber attacks are known to everyone, getting such a fatal blow right when you are starting, can send your startup on a trip to Bermuda Triangle! However, proper planning and having a reliable security strategy can help you bring back from the place of no return!
