The financial consequences of a data breach can impact your organization in unprecedented ways. Entailing costly remediation measures and reputational damage, data breaches often amount to substantial monetary losses. But what factors contribute to the overall cost of a data breach? Calculating the financial cost of a data breach is a tricky process that includes estimating the total cost associated with all the consequences.

Choosing the right backup solution is a critical decision for any business, as the wrong choice can lead to data loss, downtime, a strain on the budget, and other undesirable consequences. In this blog post, we go over the key factors for deciding on the right backup solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.

Welcome to our Data Security Innovators series, where we talk to security practitioners who are navigating the frontiers of security with novel processes and technologies. In this episode, we speak to Kheun Chan, Principal Security Architect at Iron Mountain. Iron Mountain is renowned as one of the world’s best secure information storage and management services, with 95% of the Fortune 1000 as customers of the company.

Let’s dive into a world where data isn’t just growing — it’s exploding — setting the stage for an AI-driven future that’s as exciting as the next sci-fi blockbuster. With innovations like ChatGPT and Neuralink pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, we’re on the precipice of a data revolution.

AI is among the most disruptive technologies of our time. While AI/ML has been around for decades, it has become a hot topic with continued innovations in generative AI (GenAI) from start-up OpenAI to tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta.

With new identities, environments and attack methods dominating today’s threat landscape, cybersecurity leaders are hyper-focused on securing identities to safeguard enterprises. However, a glaring, high-touch security gap exists that threat actors actively exploit to steal confidential data. And unsuspecting as it seems, that gap lies in the most used enterprise application of all time – the web browser.

In a synchronized effort across multiple nations, law enforcement agencies have conducted a series of raids and arrests targeting those responsible for the LockBit ransomware attacks. Termed Operation Cronos, this initiative marks a notable victory in the ongoing battle against cybercrime. The LockBit ransomware group has been behind several high-profile cyber assaults, causing substantial financial harm and disruption to businesses and organizations globally.

With 60% of the world’s data stored on the cloud, the use of cloud computing is on a boom. Cloud infrastructure generates more than $178 billion in revenue per year. Massive Numbers. Right? Do you know who are the key players in this domain? It is Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Both companies are tech giants, but if you have to choose one among them, how will you do that? This blog will answer everything from what they exactly are, their features, origin, and differences to pricing.

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