Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Technology continues to improve our lives – but at the same time the risks continue to grow. Encryption, data sovereignty, multifactor authentication and website cookies are all vital ideas and technologies to keep consumers’ personal data safe – but research released this month reveals widespread confusion.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. The latest OpenText Threat Report provides insight into these changes, offering vital insights that help us prepare and protect ourselves against emerging threats.

Antivirus 84

Antivirus Education Cyber threats Phishing 84

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both hailed as the epitome of shopping extravagance, are also synonymous with a heightened risk of cyberattacks on retail platforms. The Retail Cyber Threat Landscape Time and again, the retail industry has found itself in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. Governments: Look to global benchmarks.

Retail 83

Retail Cybersecurity Financial Services Mobile 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Protection Day commemorates the January 28, 1981, signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Data Privacy Week also encourages businesses to respect data and be more transparent about how they collect and use customer data.

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Data privacy Data breaches Social Engineering Technology 127

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 28, 2018

They might at first glance, but retailers are now exposing themselves to a whole host of security risks as these connected shopping technologies evolve. As we head into 2019, one thing is clear: more convenience is directly proportional to industry-wide risk. Our recent Data Threat Report, Retail Edition showed that 52 percent of U.S.

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Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Risk 100

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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 threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is a top priority.

Energy and Utilities 77

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Ransomware Technology 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It also introduces new concepts, including the requirement for notifying the regulator of any cross-border personal data transfers (both before and after the transfer). The new law goes further by introducing criminal sanctions for personal data breaches.

Encryption 71

Encryption Data breaches Authentication Risk 71

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Many businesses concentrate their cybersecurity efforts solely on external attacks, which leaves more openings for internal risks. Some companies fail to recognise the danger of losing confidential information owing to employee negligence or malice. Cyberattacks are growing more complex as technology advances.

Social Engineering 82

Social Engineering Risk Technology Cybersecurity 82

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

Gartner defines digital risk management as “the integrated management of risks associated with digital business components, such as cloud, mobile, social, big data, third-party technology providers, OT and the IoT.” Some smaller companies have even gone out of business as the result of a data breach. Ransomware.

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Risk Digital transformation IoT Identity Theft 48

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2020

In my family, we regularly ‘unplug’ and use the opportunity to discuss cyber awareness and topics such as the risks to our family information, how we can improve personal safety, and what are we doing to prevent identify theft. It’s impossible to protect data if you don’t know where it is. Protecting sensitive data is the key.

Encryption 130

Encryption Authentication Passwords CISO 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

Careful planning and forward-thinking security is the best way to protect your most precious asset – your data – either while it is in transit or at rest. Whether the data breach is from stolen identities or human error, privacy breaches of unencrypted data can result in severe penalties under data protection regulations such as GDPR or CCPA.

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Encryption Data breaches Risk Authentication 106

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 CISA orders federal agencies to patch CVE-2022-26925 by July 22 Tens of Jenkins plugins are affected by zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft: Raspberry Robin worm already infected hundreds of networks. Upgrade it now!

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Cybercrime Data breaches Ransomware Healthcare 85

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

Even when banking organizations are upgrading security posture to safeguard sensitive financial information, hackers can steal the data intelligently by tying known vulnerabilities together, and making it turn out to be a potential attack. Stolen credentials. Securing digital transactions. the amount of each payment transaction.

Retail 143

Retail Banking Big data Computers and Electronics 143

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Companies and organizations, whether in the public or in the private sector, are re-establishing their business in the era of information and data revolution. Increased contactless and mobile payments introduce bigger risks. Weak security practices lead to data breaches. Thu, 11/05/2020 - 06:52.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Mobile Digital transformation Encryption 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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. The survey data revealed that encryption and tokenization rates remain low.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Digital transformation Encryption Data breaches 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The historic amount of coverage that data breaches have produced in 2018 has exposed executives and consumers to the importance of security, like no year before. It turns out that enterprise companies diving head-first into digital transformation technologies are leaving their organizations open to unprecedented risk.

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Digital transformation Risk Encryption Technology 61

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

However, this shopping ease and bliss also unintentionally opens up some risks that could be avoided. Competition is one of many challenges retailers face and while that’s nothing new, the data-driven approach online and brick-and-mortar merchants use today is evolving quickly with transformative technology capabilities.

Retail 89

Retail Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2023

Customers should be aware of the existing threats, while retailers must understand the risks associated with poor management of customer identities. The need to increase retail cybersecurity awareness The risk of cyber-related attacks expands along with customers’ demand for payment options and convenience.

Retail 71

Retail Cybersecurity Ransomware Authentication 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

While these interconnected experiences might seem great at the outset, retailers are opening themselves up to new security risks, especially as we head beyond the holiday season and into 2019. As convenience technologies evolve, look for more risks to consumers and retailers. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1.

Retail 70

Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 26, 2023

An expanding and more complex business risk environment More than ever, small businesses need support to overcome the ripple effects of geopolitical tensions, climate crisis, and financial recession. On top of these regulations, SMBs must abide by data sovereignty requirements, which pose more challenges regarding data residency.

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Small Business Encryption Risk Accountability 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2018

According to my colleague, Peter Galvin, however, “ we have to admit that data breaches are the new reality ”. Our recent Global Data Threat Report revealed that two thirds of businesses (67%) have been breached, with over a third (36%) reporting a breach within the past year.

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Encryption Data breaches Data privacy Risk 63

Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s a roller coaster of a time to lead, as CIOs, CISOs and CTOs are having to deal with more users, data, devices, technologies, connectivity, mobility, regulations, risks, and threats than they care to. Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022. million per organisation.

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CISO Mobile Technology Risk 130

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to the 2020 Insider Threat Report , contractors, service providers, and temporary workers pose the greatest risk to 50% of organizations. These attacks require physical access as someone must physically insert the rogue device, and in this case, that “someone” was an insider; more specifically, an outsourced worker.

Social Engineering 129

Social Engineering Healthcare Engineering Hacking 129

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2018

According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report , two in five global healthcare organisations (39%) experienced a data breach in the last year, and that’s using today’s relatively modest and well-understood web systems. For more information, please read Thales eSecurity’s Healthcare IoT Security Blueprint.

Technology 72

Technology Healthcare IoT Encryption 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The age of Big Data is upon us. And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. In a world where data breaches are all to common, Pivotal Greenplum has partnered with Thales eSecurity to ensure its Big Data is also safe data.

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Big data Encryption Security Intelligence Data breaches 86

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Any organization that directly holds vast amounts of data or holds client, supplier, or partner information is vulnerable to double extortion attacks. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. To increase pressure, the bad actors then threaten to publish the private data.

Ransomware 71

Ransomware Encryption Backups Cyber Insurance 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2019

In just the past few years (and hundreds of high-profile breaches and £Trillions of economic damage later), cyber threats became impossible for the boardroom to ignore. And while the rise in reporting is positive, it highlights the chasm between recognition of the problem and application of sufficient solutions.

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Encryption Digital transformation Cyber threats Risk 120

Webroot

MARCH 25, 2022

As more and more of our daily activities incorporate digital and online files, it’s important for businesses and consumers to back up their data. Think of your family photos, home videos, tax information and other important documents. Backup enables you to keep your data accessible and secure. What is backup? Why backup?

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Backups Small Business Phishing Malware 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Another day, another breach. Barely a day goes by where we don’t hear of a data breach. Affecting big companies and small in virtually every vertical and hitting government institutions at the local, state and federal level, sensitive data is routinely exfiltrated, stolen and leveraged with shocking regularity.

Identity Theft 89

Identity Theft IoT Technology Encryption 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Ahead of the May 2018 legislation, we’ve been asking organisations if they’re #FITforGDPR – whether they’re ready to improve their personal data protections, as well as take on the increased accountability for data breaches, should they occur. As expected, responses have been mixed.

Retail 63

Retail Data breaches Financial Services Healthcare 63

Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

Or are your identities currently split between multiple public clouds, doubling the risk of compromise? You should have all the information needed to successfully manage your certificate lifecycle in an easily accessible interface. This includes expiry dates, issuing CAs, organizational data and security configurations.

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Architecture Encryption Risk Technology 78

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. Healthcare Data Prized by Cybercriminals.

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Healthcare Digital transformation Unstructured Data Encryption 87

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2017

is the next generation technology, one-up fraud prevention method, addressing online and mobile in-app transactions where significant growth is expected, since it places emphasis on risk scoring transactions rather than on consumer authentication for every transaction. Three-Domain Secure (3DS) 2.0

Retail 83

Retail Marketing Mobile Digital transformation 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Minimizing the chance of a data breach of PII. Protecting sensitive financial data, intellectual property or secrets. Data Security Protection Layers, Risks, and Controls. Protecting data at this level typically only protects against the physical loss, theft or improper retirement of the media.

Encryption 54

Encryption Media Risk Data breaches 54

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

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? There also appears to be some confusion over how to best protect critical data.

Encryption 48

Encryption Data breaches Government Threat Reports 48

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2018

No matter where your organization is located, if it processes or controls the personal data of EU residents, it must be in compliance with GDPR, or it will be liable to significant fines and the requirement to inform affected parties of data breaches. Container Adoption and Security Concerns.

Encryption 82

Encryption Data privacy CISO Data breaches 82

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 20, 2018

The goal has always been to protect information, said Quinn. What’s different now is that cyber efforts are beginning to put controls closer to the data itself, rather than focusing on the perimeter. The urgency around data security is increasing. And the data environment only continues to grow more complex.

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Government Data breaches Big data Technology 54