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Multi-cloud use by healthcare providers puts patient data at risk

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healthcare organizations are nearly universal in the adoption of digital transformation technologies (cloud, SaaS applications, big data, IoT, digital payments, containers, and blockchain). This year’s Thales Data Threat Report-Healthcare Edition shows that cloud usage in the U.S. 12 at 2:00 p.m.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

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In this blog post, I’ll discuss how healthcare enterprises can not only meet these challenges, but go beyond compliance to best practice to secure their data and their reputations. The Meaningful Use portion of the HITECH Act provided healthcare organizations a carrot to encourage the adoption of electronic health records.

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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. The rising reliance on cloud platforms creates an expanded attack surface for threat actors and adversarial nation-states to exploit.

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It’s time to think twice about retail loyalty programs

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What I’d originally planned to write about was a topic that directly applies – why retailers of all stripes are not investing in data security. To make a long story short – the top reason that they didn’t invest in data security was “lack of perceived need” at 52%.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

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to discuss the findings of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. Question: Can you provide an overview of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, and elaborate why it’s needed today more than ever? Why isn’t this as good as it first seems?