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Play ransomware attack on Xplain exposed 65,000 files containing data relevant to the Swiss Federal Administration.

Security Affairs

The ransomware attack on Xplain impacted tens of thousands Federal government files, said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain.

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GUEST ESSAY: How stricter data privacy laws have redefined the ‘filing’ of our personal data

The Last Watchdog

Getting credentials from each user by itself is a huge hurdle, especially when combined with no real understanding of which users have access to which data. A myriad of companies have emerged over the past few years to facilitate data cataloguing according to the expectations of regulators. billion by 2027. Less can be more.

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘Tis the season — to take proactive measures to improve data governance

The Last Watchdog

Sadly, data breaches often occur at this time of year. Recently we’ve seen major news stories about breaches at Starwood Hotels and Quora. Related podcast: The need to lock down unstructured data. As I said, breaches cannot be 100 percent preventable, but there are a lot of ways to be proactive.

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Best 5 Privacy Management Tools for 2024

Centraleyes

High-profile data breaches have made data protection and privacy a hot subject. Hackers use more sophisticated methods to break network defenses and steal sensitive data on a large scale. Malicious actors target personal data because of its value. The consequences of data breaches go beyond financial impact.

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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. Data access control raises many questions not only among users but sometimes also among security professionals.

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Sustainable Data Discovery for Privacy, Security, and Governance

SecureWorld News

In our ongoing Behind the Scenes interview series, we are uncovering how to achieve sustainable data discovery for Privacy, Security, and Governance by answering the following questions: 1. SecureWorld] I would like to dive in a little more about sustainable data discovery. So what what 1touch.io

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Key steps on the road to LGPD compliance

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Additionally, organizations are obligated to report any data security incidents or breaches to Brazilian national authorities. It is advantageous to automate the process… considering all the data stores in scope (including local, network, database, big data and cloud) and to cover both structured and unstructured data types.