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Learnings from 2022 Breaches: Reassessing Access Controls and Data Security Strategies

CyberSecurity Insiders

Gal Helemski, Co-Founder & CTO/CPO of PlainID Many lessons can be learned when reflecting on 2022’s slew of data breaches. As we understand more about data security and, even more so, as data becomes more fluid, complex and dynamic, it’s critical to reevaluate what constitutes strong data protection.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. military officials hired data analysts to crack the Japanese secret code known as JN-25.

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Applying Heuristics in Cybersecurity

Approachable Cyber Threats

Category Risk Modeling, Quantitative Risk Risk Level. ePHI means high risk), or they could be decision rules we encode into algorithms, like those used in software for malware and virus detection (e.g. Data analysts aren’t immune to the ill effects of the recognition heuristic either. What are heuristics?”

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DCAP Systems: Protecting Your Data with Advanced Technology

SecureWorld News

One of the most important responsibilities of security professionals is to avoid data breaches. At the same time, the IBM report reveals that it takes an average of 277 days to detect and contain a data breach. Analysts from Gartner introduced a specific concept known as Data-Centric Audit and Protection ( DCAP ).