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Data Scanning: How to Protect Sensitive & Confidential Data

Digital Guardian

Being able to scan your data can give you the full scope of where files exist and what needs to be properly secured. In this blog, we break down why it's a key part of data loss prevention, who uses data scanning, and why it's important.

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GUEST ESSAY: The key differences between ‘information privacy’ vs. ‘information security’

The Last Watchdog

Privacy controls allow you to say who or what can access a database of customer data or employee data. Controls need to be in place to protect individuals’ privacy rights, including, often, their right to be forgotten and be deleted from your company database. They take all this private information, and then they sell it.

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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for wisely tightening cybersecurity in the modern workplace

The Last Watchdog

First and foremost, cyberattacks can lead to data breaches in which sensitive information is stolen. Compliance If your organization is privy to confidential data, then you’re in charge of protecting it, and the law will hold you accountable for doing so. Keep remediation costs in mind.

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Secret Scanner for Jira and Confluence: CVE-2023–22515 Defense in Depth

Pen Test

It is a widely recognized best practice for Product Security Engineers to conduct scans of the software codebase in search of potential inadvertent secret leaks. Why should I scan Jira/Confluence for secrets? Why do I need a secret scanner? GitHub, GitLab, etc.).

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Uncontrolled AI: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas and Shadow AI Risks

Centraleyes

This can lead to various risks, including data security breaches, compliance issues, and overall challenges in digital risk management. While most employees mean well when they use these unsanctioned tools to pursue efficiency, it exposes companies to a new breed of cybersecurity and data privacy risks.

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Accidental VirusTotal upload is a valuable reminder to double check what you share

Malwarebytes

The service, used to scan files for signs of potential malicious activity, is used by security professionals and folks just interested in the files making their way to their systems. The UK’s Ministry of Defence told The Record that they consider the data to be non-sensitive, and also low risk.

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Guiding Secure AI: NCSC’s Framework for AI System Security

LRQA Nettitude Labs

The section provides detailed strategies and best practices for achieving a secure design, focusing on how to incorporate security principles effectively throughout the AI system’s design phase. Implement scanning and isolation for third-party models. Apply data controls for external APIs.

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