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23andMe sparks rethink about safeguarding data: on-premises vs. hybrid cloud strategies

IT Security Guru

However, this kind of valuable data often becomes a target for cybercriminals, who are seeking to exploit it for various purposes: including identity theft, fraud, and other nefarious activities. Obvious as it may seem to many in the industry, today it is vital to encrypt data during the storage and transmission thereof.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

They earned the highest score among providers named "Customer's Choice" in Gartner's 2022 "Voice of the Customer” Security Awareness Computer-Based Training report. Protect your company computers, laptops and mobile devices with security products all managed via a cloud-based management console. Get started today! CyberProof.

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Hospital & Healthcare Technology - Case Study

Approachable Cyber Threats

Healthcare systems store confidential healthcare information, patient' financial information, and other personal data hackers can sell or use directly for identity theft and other criminal activities. In healthcare, service availability isn’t just about the bottom line like it is for most other industries.

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Misconfigurations may have exposed data on 100 million Android users

SC Magazine

The researchers said if a malicious actor gained access this data it could result in fraud and identity theft. He said moving at this speed, even with sound change management and security best practices in place means every organization runs the risk of introducing misconfigurations into their cloud applications.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Protect your company computers, laptops and mobile devices with security products all managed via a cloud-based management console. The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. Get started today! Learn more about ESET PROTECT Advanced.

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Understanding Cybersecurity

SiteLock

With database access, thieves can use the data to commit fraud, blackmail, extortion, identity theft and to turn a quick profit by selling it to other criminals on the dark web. Network security. Virtual private networks (VPNs) encrypt traffic to and from the organization’s network when employees are working remotely.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. Unfortunately, most of the data it encrypted was lost for good due to faulty code. The threat landscape is ever-evolving, and so are the security mechanisms. •In The data is neither stolen nor manipulated. Computer Viruses.