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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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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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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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2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Global Edition: Digital Transformation & Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Digital transformation inherently drives organizations into a data driven world – and each technology used for digital transformation (cloud, big data, IoT, blockchain, mobile payments and more) requires its own unique approach to protecting data. Big Data – 99%. Digital transformation drives massive change.

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Mastering the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-New): A Deep Dive

Centraleyes

On May 25, 2018, Germany entered a new era of data protection. This marked a significant milestone, shaping global data privacy and setting the stage for enhanced regulations within Germany. But what does this mean for data subjects, and how can they enforce their privacy rights?

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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. For more key findings, download the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report- Retail Edition.

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