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BEST PRACTICES: Resurgence of encrypted thumb drives shows value of offline backups — in the field

The Last Watchdog

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. Related: Can Europe’s GDPR restore data privacy? And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives. LW: Threats are still out there, essentially.

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

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It’s 2019 and data is everywhere – and what you can do with what is at your fingertips is truly transformative. However, there has to be a more thorough focus on security in multiple clouds environments so encryption with sophisticated multi-cloud key management is a must-have solution. What’s in that Big Data Lake?

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2019 Thales DTR: Global Edition: Facts that may surprise you

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A few weeks ago, we issued the Global Edition of our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report, now in its seventh year. This year much of the emphasis within the results was on how digital transformation can put organizations’ sensitive data at risk. Clearly, we aren’t there yet. The Good News.

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The state of European cybersecurity and lessons to learn

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As one of our recent blogs discussed, we are entering a new era of business – one that will see wholesale digital transformation drive a digital-first approach by businesses globally. Encryption, encryption, encryption. The financial and reputational damage could prove to be severe. The GDPR effect.

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Retail has a multi-cloud problem…with sensitive data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting all aspects of the economy across every industry, and nowhere is this truer than in retail. But DX also introduces the potential to put sensitive customer and corporate data at risk by fundamentally changing where data needs to be protected and how it needs to be secured.

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After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits

eSecurity Planet

The legal complaint [PDF] notes that on July 9, 2019, the day it was hit by a ransomware attack, Springhill Memorial Hospital contended that the event had “not affected patient care.” “That data can be used in who knows how many ways,” Crockett said. Hospital’s Operations Hit by Ransomware.

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Turning Aspiration into Action to Protect Financial Institutions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data security professionals also make ambitious plans, but implementation rates are too low – a key finding in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Financial Services Edition. Here’s a look at four common issues highlighted in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Financial Services Edition and tips for overcoming them.