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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It is important to understand that nowadays almost all our data – including our personal data, like banking information, medical records, and personal emails – are stored and processed in the cloud. However, with technology innovation comes new risks, security challenges and threats. Happy Data Privacy Week.

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Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive madhav Thu, 05/23/2024 - 05:16 Our recently released 2024 Data Threat Report showed a direct correlation between compliance and cyber security outcomes. 84% of organizations that failed a compliance audit reported having a data breach in their history.

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical National Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 426 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

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Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to the global edition of the Thales 2020 Data Threat Report , 47% of healthcare organizations are either aggressively disrupting their market or are embedding digital capabilities that enable greater agility. Sensitive medical data is not protected. COVID-19 accelerates healthcare digitalization.

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The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies. Any organization that directly holds vast amounts of data or holds client, supplier, or partner information is vulnerable to double extortion attacks.

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A worrying trend: Attacks on Asian healthcare organizations

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While it’s no surprise to anybody reading this that data breaches are on the rise, the attacks facing healthcare organizations, most recently in Asia, are particularly worrisome. One need not look very far to find examples of the threats facing these entities: In Singapore, 1.5 Evolving Threat Landscape.