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RSAC insights: Malware is now spreading via weaponized files circulating in data lakes, file shares

The Last Watchdog

Lots of innovation has come down the pike with respect to imbuing zero trust into two pillars of security operations: connectivity and authentication. Much has been done with connectivity and authentication. However, a surge of high-profile ransomware attacks and supply chain breaches has made company leaders very nervous. “I

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How Can You Protect Critical Infrastructure from Ransomware Attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How Can You Protect Critical Infrastructure from Ransomware Attacks. Another week, another ransomware attack. Ransomware attacks can target critical infrastructure and create a national emergency. According to the FBI , a relatively new ransomware group called DarkSide was responsible for this attack.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. This trend is expected to increase as Gartner projects a threefold rise in unstructured data capacity by 2026. The increased scalability of cloud storage can assist effective data recovery solutions.

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Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity calls for MFA and Data Encryption

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The Executive Order is signed in the wake of several recent cybersecurity catastrophes, such as the ransomware attack targeting the Colonial Pipeline, the Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities that affected more than 60,000 organizations, and the SolarWinds hack that compromised nine federal agencies.

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DCAP Systems: Protecting Your Data with Advanced Technology

SecureWorld News

With the increase in the complexity of IT infrastructures and the various ways of storing data, safeguarding against data leaks has become more resource-intensive. Data access control raises many questions not only among users but sometimes also among security professionals. Who is the protentional customer of such solutions?

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Five Key Points When Preventing Cybersecurity Attacks in a World of Hybrid Working

Security Boulevard

This uses encryption and authentication to allow the safe transfer of files inside and outside the organization. Because HelpSystems only provides best-in-class cybersecurity solutions, we can offer easily integrated and complementary data security tools.

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Best Encryption Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

IBM, Google and Microsoft have been among the big names developing and promoting homomorphic technology, and one startup is even pushing data in use encryption as a defense against data exfiltration common in ransomware attacks. Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed including pre-boot authentication.