Remove Big data Remove Blog Remove Encryption Remove Government
article thumbnail

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Blog Series: Using Technology to Safeguard the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this blog post, I’ll discuss: Our current perimeter defense; The need to shift to a data-centric security approach; and, The need to educate the public to strengthen our critical infrastructure security posture. Perimeter defense, while necessary, is not enough to protect our sensitive data.

article thumbnail

Federal cybersecurity: breaking down the barriers to adoption

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While many state and government officials are under no illusion that they are safe from a digital attack, concern should run deeper than election integrity. These vulnerabilities can span from limited use of data encryption to the abuse of privileged user policies. Data Breaches aren’t Slowing Down.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Advancing Trust in a Digital World

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The emergence of ransomware groups targeting critical infrastructure such as healthcare facilities and energy organizations, as well as the rising trend of large-scale data breaches, is putting governments' capacity to defend citizens' lives, property, and well-being in jeopardy.

article thumbnail

Multi-cloud use by healthcare providers puts patient data at risk

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As a result of government mandates, the need for greater efficiency, and the desire to enable better patient care, U.S. healthcare organizations are nearly universal in the adoption of digital transformation technologies (cloud, SaaS applications, big data, IoT, digital payments, containers, and blockchain).

article thumbnail

Does artificial intelligence mean artificial security?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Yes, we’re talking about big data and analytics. Data, analytics and AI go together like eggs, toast and coffee. Are your AI plans supported by an encryption strategy? The firm’s AI team says the software contains encryption. However, in this scenario where are the encryption keys? Who holds your data?

article thumbnail

Retail has a multi-cloud problem…with sensitive data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DX technologies such as cloud, mobile payments, IoT, Big Data and others have fundamentally changed retailers’ business models, not only by opening new channels to reach customers, but also in how they communicate with, serve, and support them. Encryption technologies are the top tools needed. 2 – Prioritize compliance issues.

Retail 54
article thumbnail

AI/ML and Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Enterprises are leveraging AI/ML to make business decisions in numerous use cases, but the process still is driven by data, it still has data-processing systems involved, and there still are applications that need to be governed and controlled. Just having AI and ML doesn’t magically make security easier.