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Boards Now Face ‘the Encryption Question’

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As seen in the recent Marriott breach, customers’ sensitive credit card information was encrypted, but their stored password numbers were not – posing a risk for potential identify theft. But the onus isn’t just on travelers. This should serve as a wake-up call.

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Identity Management Day 2022: Identity Security Is Our Responsibility

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The IBM 2021 Cost of Data Breach report also indicates that 61% of all breaches were a result of stolen credentials. In addition, ransomware attacks are now facilitated by criminals offering access-as-a-service by selling stolen credentials, In fact, Forbes noted that 15 billion passwords are available on the Dark Web.

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Establishing trust in mobile payments

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

At the start of the year, Thales released the findings of its latest annual global Data Threat Report which found that, as businesses everywhere undergo a form of digital transformation, the risk of data breaches has reached an all-time high. Trust is needed to allay this concern, and this trust should start at birth.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Findings from the 2018 Federal Edition of the Data Threat Report. Remember earlier this year when news broke that Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency was keeping their passwords on a Post-it note, right after a false missile alert was blasted to residents across the state? The report also reveals that the U.S.

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Current forecast: Cloudy with a chance of exposed data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

According to Data Threat Report for 2018 , the majority of businesses don’t just operate in one cloud environment in a single location, but multiple. Businesses shouldn’t be afraid to adopt emerging technologies that accelerate growth and digital transformation. The numbers are truly revolutionary.