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Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently

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Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently. The volume of confidential documents created daily is, frankly, incalculable, and the volume of “everything” distributed across multiple data centers around the world is much, much more. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth.

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To Go Native, Or Not to Go Native. A Cautionary Tale About Database Encryption

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Enterprise databases house some of the most highly-sensitive, tightly-regulated data—the very data that is sought after by malicious insiders and external attackers. In his report, “ A Common Platform for Database Encryption: Lower Cost, Reduced Risk *,” he used survey responses from enterprises in the U.S.,

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Is Your Data Safe in the Cloud?

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In response to this need, Thales has partnered with VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, and offers our Vormetric Transparent Encryption with VMware Cloud on AWS. And please download our “ VMware and Thales Secure the Hybrid Cloud ” solutions brief. The post Is Your Data Safe in the Cloud?

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

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However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. For example, 37% of the Thales survey respondents are not confident they know where their sensitive data is stored. And only a mere 2.6%

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Federal cybersecurity: breaking down the barriers to adoption

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These vulnerabilities can span from limited use of data encryption to the abuse of privileged user policies. However, modernization and transformative technologies are creating new vulnerabilities resulting in data breaches. Security measures continue to be more reactive than proactive.

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Organizations Struggle with Cloud Security in the Post Digital Transformation Era – Highlights from our 2020 Data Threat Report-Global Edition

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Regulations such as GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) mandate the use of appropriate protection technologies, such as encryption, and policies to minimize the risk of exposing this sensitive data to threats. Sage advice: encrypt everything. Businesses will need smarter, better ways to approach data security.

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Financial Services Organizations Need to Adapt their Security Practices to the Shifting Environment

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Weak security practices lead to data breaches. The financial services industry is a digitally determined one, seeking to harness the volume of big data generated by customer transactions in order to provide banking products tailored to the needs of clients. Encryption and tokenization rates remain low. Data security.