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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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What You Should Know About Homomorphic Encryption

Spinone

Encryption is one of the tried and true security mechanisms for keeping data secure and private both on-premises and in the cloud. It allows masking data with mathematical algorithms that scramble the data so that it is unreadable without the encryption key. What is Homomorphic Encryption? What is it?

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. Consumers will begin to see their favorite applications touting “quantum-secure encryption.” CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap.

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How (and Why) to Take Full Advantage of Apple’s New Advanced Data Protection Feature

Security Boulevard

update, Apple introduced “Advanced Data Protection,” which finally introduced end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for most items backed up or stored in iCloud. Device backups. This may seem implausible, but in reality Apple receives numerous third-party requests for access to user data. encrypted email providers.

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Tips to protect your data, security, and privacy from a hands-on expert

Malwarebytes

Likewise, avoid keygens, cracks, and other pirated software that can often compromise your data, privacy, or both. It is highly recommended that you backup to an external device such as a USB drive for all of your essential data, and do not keep the backup drive connected to the system all the time. uBlock Origin.

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The Impacts of Data Loss on Your Organization

Security Affairs

Over time, these components housing sensitive data can fail and shut down, leading to data loss. Without adequate backups, the data they house can be lost forever. Human Error: Human error is another contributing factor to data loss, one that accounts for a significant portion of data loss incidents.

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Halloween: The curse of data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Under new data privacy laws, any breach must be publicly acknowledged and reported to the authorities. Businesses are now vulnerable to dealing with stolen data, as well as potentially a reputational hit with customers and a financial hit from regulatory fines. What Lies Beneath.