Recent high-profile breaches at Ticketmaster and Santander, attributed to the ShinyHunters group, have brought the critical need for robust data protection measures to the forefront. ShinyHunters, a notorious cybercriminal group known for stealing data from various organizations for financial gain, has demonstrated how vulnerabilities in third-party platforms can lead to significant data breaches.

Human illness is inevitable. So are data breaches. In 2023 alone, there were 10,626 confirmed data breaches, doubling that in 2022 (5,199 breaches). You cannot protect yourself 100% from getting ill. But you can proactively adopt a healthy lifestyle and habits to help reduce the risk and the impact of an illness and recover quickly. Similarly, your organization cannot protect itself 100% from the outcome of a data breach.

Since its mainstream emergence in 2022, generative AI has triggered a seismic shift in data management and security. It is estimated that one in four employees now uses genAI apps daily, often unbeknownst to their employer and IT team. This raises concerns, as genAI is designed with a voracious appetite for consuming both mundane and sensitive data. Effectively securing your data as genAI becomes prevalent is a strategic imperative.

Nightfall has been named a Leader in Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Sensitive Data Discovery, Data Security, and Cloud Data Security in G2’s Summer ‘24 reports. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of Nightfall’s customers and supporters for making this possible. We’re also happy to acknowledge the Nightfall team’s tireless innovation, all in pursuit of helping customers to protect their sensitive data across the sprawling enterprise attack surface.

In 2013, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) introduced Prudential Practice Guide CPG 235, a comprehensive framework designed to enhance data risk management across the finance sector. This guide provides financial institutions with principles and best practices to safeguard data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. This blog explores CPG 235, its key components, compliance requirements, and how implementing the framework can enhance data security standards at your organization.

Ever hit send on an email and immediately felt that sinking feeling? Maybe it was an attachment containing sensitive data that was misplaced, or that clever phishing email that convinced a colleague to cough up login credentials. These are cases that clearly explain the critical need for Email Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

Imagine this: you wake up to a notification – your company has suffered a data breach. Fear sets in as you think about what this means: customer data exposed, your company’s reputation damaged, and big fines on the horizon. In today’s digital landscape, this scenario is too common. Organizations worldwide face penalties for non-compliance with regulations, such as fines of up to $50,000 per incident for violating HIPAA.

IoThinkTank is proud to announce Device Authority as the 2024 IoT HealthTech Innovation Award winner for their groundbreaking KeyScaler-as-a-Service (KSaaS) solution. This accolade recognizes exceptional advancements in IoT technologies that significantly improve patient care and data security in the HealthTech sector.