A Springboard to Success: How Data-Centric Security Can Transform Financial Services
The global financial services sector (FSI) is worth tens of trillions of dollars, or around a quarter of the world economy. Unsurprisingly, that also makes it a provider of some of Europe and America’s most critical national infrastructure. Given the services it offers, the data it holds and the access ... Read More
Retail Security: A Chance to Build Long-Term Customer Trust
Trillions of dollars’ worth of transactions flow through Western retailers each year. These funds, and the personal and financial information of the shoppers they belong to, make the industry a popular target for threat actors. It’s tempting, therefore, to think of cybersecurity as a necessary investment to mitigate the financial ... Read More
Improving Patient Care, One Record at a Time
Personal health information (PHI) is among the most sensitive data stored by any organization. It is classified by the GDPR as “special category” data which must be treated with greater care as it could create“significant risks to the individual’s fundamental rights and freedoms.” This puts extra pressure on healthcare organizations ... Read More
Breaches Galore Means it’s Time for Data-Centric Security
It’s no secret that organizations around the world are struggling to keep their most prized assets under lock and key. One report claims2022 was a near-record year in the US for data breaches and incident reports have already soared 114% between the first and second quarters of this year. However, ... Read More
Taking the Danger Out of Enterprise Data
If data is the lifeblood of every organization, it also represents potentially critical business risk. To manage that risk effectively, organizations must apply strong protection to all their enterprise data. But first they have to find it all, and then classify it to understand the right level of risk exposure ... Read More
Why Bring Your Own Encryption Is Taking the Public Cloud by Storm
The public cloud is transforming the way global businesses operate. As the driving force behind the latest wave of post-pandemic digital transformation, the market is forecast to grow by nearly 22% in 2023 to reach $597bn, according to Gartner. The agility, cost efficiencies and scalability public cloud offers makes it ... Read More
Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report: Enterprise Data is Under Attack from All Sides
IT and security leaders increasingly see data-driven decision making as the key to strategic success. But that puts an increasing amount of pressure on to ensure the data itself is current, accurate, high quality and free of vendor bias. Few resources are as useful as Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report ... Read More
Beyond Compliance: The True Business Value of Data Protection
At times of economic uncertainty, there’s a tendency for boards to hunker down and maintain business as usual. But the leaders of their respective industries often see it differently: as a period of opportunity. These organizations are also more likely to view data protection as a growth driver than something ... Read More
OpenAI’s GDPR Travails Demonstrate Need for Data Security-by-Design
After several weeks of incredible growth, OpenAI has come in for a bumpy ride of late. First it revealed details of a data breach exposing a significant number of ChatGPT subscribers. Then the Italian data protection regulator (GPDP) became the first in Europe to ban the product for users in ... Read More
Why Backups and Encryption Go Hand in Hand
Data sits front and center of any business. And it’s being generated in ever greater volumes. An estimated 120 zettabytes will be created, captured, copied, and consumed worldwide this year. That presents an attractive target for would-be data thieves and digital extortionists. And an increasingly robust if fragmented global regulatory ... Read More
