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When data privacy and protection are rights, don’t get it wrong

Security Boulevard

Twenty-one years ago, Latanya Sweeney showed that it’s possible to uniquely identify 87% of Americans with just three pieces of personal data: gender, ZIP code and full date of birth. Long before anyone had heard the words ‘data lake’, ‘cloud storage’ or ‘big data’, nevermind ‘social media’, it was clear that the disclosure of even […].

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Three Strategies for Big Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) has great information on Big Data use and security. We surveyed more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, and virtually all (99%) report they plan to use Big Data this year. Top Big Data Security Concerns. Big Data is unstructured.

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How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. Of course, they revise frequently.

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7 Habits of a Highly Effective CISO: 2019 Data Security Resolutions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

One of our recent blogs highlights tips to help with selecting and confirming trust in your third-party vendors, and this rings true now more than ever. What’s in that Big Data Lake? With the uptick in digital transformation that we’re seeing, Big Data is far and wide, bringing genuine security concerns with it.

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How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government

Security Boulevard

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. Of course, they revise frequently.

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GUEST ESSAY: California pioneers privacy law at state level; VA, VT, CO, NJ take steps to follow

The Last Watchdog

News of data breaches, data vulnerabilities and compromised private information is released almost daily from businesses both small and large. Related: Europe’s GDPR ushers in new privacy era. Legislation has recently been proposed for individual states, addressing data privacy regulations head-on.

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IoT and Cybersecurity: What’s the Future?

Security Affairs

It is easy to forget that our data will probably be warehoused and crunched by an external multi-million dollar data warehousing and analysis company, not the friendly, trustworthy folks at the customer service center. Big Data storage systems have weaknesses. Start Asking Questions About Data Privacy and Security.

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