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Observing a Privacy Milestone: Expert Thoughts on GDPR's 2nd Anniversary

May 25, 2020 marks the second anniversary of when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took full effect. Undoubtedly, many organizations have succeeded in achieving compliance with the Regulation by now. But that raises some important questions. What benefits have those organizations experienced in achieving compliance, for instance? Have they encountered any drawbacks along the way?

How to choose the right compliance management software for your business

While keeping data safe from modern cyberthreats is difficult enough, you also have to keep in mind compliance with common regulations, i.e., ensuring your company’s compliance to SOX, which deals with transparency in disclosures from public companies. Nowadays, it’s not enough for businesses to rely on dismissive financial documents that satisfy the intermittent audit; you need to level up your game, and create detailed day-to-day records of activities.

Tips to Make More Impactful Decisions Related to Payments Revenue, Card Portfolio Profitability and Customer Service

Welcome to the final installment of our 3-part series featuring recommendations to help financial institutions (FIs) navigate the impact of COVID-19 on their payments business. While we have previously focused on providing tips around managing the surge in online and mobile transactions, as well as how to combat the increase in card-not-present fraud, this blog will focus on how to drive payments revenue and provide an exceptional customer experience.

What are Cyberterrorism and Cyberwarfare?

Cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare are hot topics today. Do you know what they are or how you can protect your organization against them? Read our blog post to learn! In today’s media, the terms cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare are mentioned very often. Many fear a possible cyberwar and many say that terrorism has been changing in order to gain much more digitalized characteristics.

Security advisory: The risk of returning workers opening the door to dormant attackers

During the COVID-19 pandemic, more employees have been working from home than ever before. This situation has significantly increased cyber security risks for organisations, with many lacking sufficient controls to protect workers outside of the office – something criminals are taking advantage of by targeting unsecured endpoints with increasing regularity.

Between Two Alerts: Phishing Emails - Less Ocean, More Aquarium

When we discuss Splunk Phantom with customers here at Splunk, we end up talking about phishing pretty frequently. As discussed in a recent blog post, "Phishing Emails — Don’t Get Reeled In!," phishing is a super common issue that almost everyone deals with ad nauseum. It’s also a nuisance to investigate. The good news is that automation excels at dealing with repetitive, mind-numbing workflows like phishing investigations.

DevSecOps vs. SecDevOps: A Rose by Any Other Name?

The terms DevSecOps and SecDevOps are often -- but not always -- used interchangeably. So is there any real difference between the two terms or is it all just semantics? Let’s look at how the role of security has changed as the software development life cycle (SDLC) has evolved to explore whether there’s really any difference between these two words.

Security For Work From Home Tools

Are you concerned about the security and compliance risks that come along with your organization’s work-from-home solutions? As more and more professionals connect to your organization’s networks via VPN and conduct their work with tools like Zoom, Teams and WebEx, it’s critical that your cybersecurity processes expand to include these changes. Make sure you and your teams are up to speed with best practices for work-from-home tools and common mistakes you’ll want to avoid.