Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 13, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Storage Costs of Encrypted Data.

Encryption 96

Encryption Media Technology Data breaches 96

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 19, 2025

Who has access to the keys and protocols which are designed to protect our sensitive information? The Complexity of Multi-Cloud Security The Thales 2025 Data Threat Report highlights that entities must rethink their approach to data security due to structural and geopolitical changes.

Encryption 71

Encryption Data breaches Risk Threat Reports 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Navigating the Multicloud Maze: Insights from the Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare Edition madhav Wed, 10/25/2023 - 04:39 In the ever-evolving landscape of data security, the healthcare industry stands at a critical juncture. However, while sensitive data is on the rise, encryption practices still have room for improvement.

Healthcare 71

Healthcare Threat Reports Encryption Ransomware 71

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

The report provides information about tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the threat actors using the Maui ransomware along with indicators of compromise (IOCs) that were obtained by government experts during incident response activities and industry analysis of a Maui sample.

Healthcare 140

Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Government 140

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Think about it – how much information are you sharing when you buy something online? Do you even think twice before you click the “Submit” button and send your personal information in an effort to quicklyget your online bargain?! product designs, proprietary software), financial information and legal documents (e.g. contracts).

Digital transformation 135

Digital transformation Data breaches Threat Reports Encryption 135

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to 2024 Thales Global Data Threat Report: Financial Services , FinServ organizations face greater security challenges in securing cloud infrastructure and focus on locking down secrets in development operations. Access control methods, encryption, and secure storage solutions are important components.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Digital transformation Encryption Risk 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 10, 2025

Gigabytes of sensitive data were exfiltrated, including customer payment card information (PCI), employee social security numbers (PII), and confidential financial documents. Rarely does a week go by without news of another massive data breach, exposing the sensitive information of millions. No alarms were triggered.

Data privacy 62

Data privacy Encryption Government Healthcare 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

So, what are we doing about encryption?”. A spokesperson later added that this will focus on ensuring universal encryption of passport numbers. 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.

Encryption 70

Encryption Digital transformation Data breaches Risk 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

DDOS 62

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 62

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. Whether it’s stored in a company’s own servers or the cloud – encryption must be used to protect sensitive data.

Encryption 130

Encryption Authentication Passwords CISO 130

Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Editors note: This report was authored by Kimberley Bromley, Hayden Evans, and Joseph Keyes. Today, were proud to present the ReliaQuest Annual Cyber-Threat Report: 2025. Now in its third year, this report offers a close look at the top cyber threats our customers faced throughout 2024.

Threat Reports 59

Threat Reports Cyber threats Phishing Social Engineering 59

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to the 2023 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR), 62% of global companies employ five or more key management solutions, contributing to IT complexity and operational challenges. This increased control over encryption keys is vital to data security, giving organizations more confidence in safeguarding sensitive information.

Encryption 139

Encryption Threat Reports Data breaches Risk 139

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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. Encryption What is encryption? It's about keeping your data under your home country's control and protection.

Security Awareness 129

Security Awareness Passwords Authentication Encryption 129

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2021

Key management – the processing, management and storage of keys for who can decrypt and access protected information – is an often-overlooked, and yet critical element of encryption. This lack of centralized control can jeopardize the integrity of encryption. Lack of visibility into security and encryption practices.

Encryption 126

Encryption Data breaches Cyber Attacks Risk 126

Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2025

Who has access to the keys and protocols which are designed to protect our sensitive information? The Complexity of Multi-Cloud Security The Thales 2025 Data Threat Report highlights that entities must rethink their approach to data security due to structural and geopolitical changes.

Encryption 52

Encryption Data breaches Risk Threat Reports 52

Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

.” In May 2021, threat actors infected the servers of the medical center in the District of Kansas. The Kansas hospital opted to pay approximately a $100,000 ransom in Bitcoin to receive a decryptor e recover the encrypted files. reads the advisory published by US authorties. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Healthcare Cryptocurrency Encryption 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

As the world is slowly returning to pre-pandemic conditions, the underlying trends that have always driven information security, such as new technologies, greater compliance mandates and more severe security incidents, continue to be significant change agents. The quantum computing threat. 2021 Report. 2022 Report.

Risk 126

Risk Encryption Ransomware Technology 126

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4

Backups 145

Backups Ransomware Firewall Malware 145

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. There are two ways to protect customers’ PAN, encryption and tokenization. Stolen credentials.

Banking 143

Banking Retail Big data Computers and Electronics 143

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

With more and more organizations embracing digital transformation and accelerating their pace to digitize every piece of information, they become increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber-attacks and data breaches. In a nutshell, no matter it’s data-at-rest or data-in-motion , it should be encrypted regardless of its state.

Digital transformation 104

Digital transformation Encryption Data breaches Big data 104

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Keep your encryption keys to increase control of data you store and process in the cloud. According to the 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition : Nearly all (98%) of organizations surveyed have some data in the cloud. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 08:33. Half of all data is in the cloud. What is Google Cloud’s EKM?

Encryption 62

Encryption Engineering Threat Reports Risk 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 16, 2018

In fact, in June, a misconfigured database containing the sensitive personal information of 198 million American voters was left exposed online for nearly two weeks. According to our Global Data Threat Report , 45 percent of respondents will store sensitive data in SaaS environments this year, including cloud storage.

Encryption 91

Encryption Big data Backups Threat Reports 91

Webroot

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

According to our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud Threat Report , on average, 18.8% Antivirus software offers threat protection by securing all of your music files, photo galleries and important documents from being destroyed by malicious programs. Bad actors will always be hard at work trying to steal your personal information.

Antivirus 134

Antivirus Identity Theft Adware Internet 134

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This flux creates a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to target sensitive customer information, including credit card data, personal information, and intellectual property. According to a recent study , the average cost of a retail data breach in 2024 will reach $3.48 million, representing an 18% increase compared to 2023.

Retail 71

Retail Cyber Risk Risk DDOS 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2019

And as our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Europe Edition recently revealed, many of these businesses become extremely vulnerable during digital transformation, with those in Europe being no different. Encryption, encryption, encryption. The financial and reputational damage could prove to be severe.

Digital transformation 102

Digital transformation Cybersecurity Encryption Threat Reports 102

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. As The 2018 Thales Global Data Threat Report notes, “The top Big Data security issue is that sensitive data can be anywhere – and therefore everywhere – a concern expressed by 34% of global and U.S. respondents.”.

Big data 86

Big data Encryption Security Intelligence Data breaches 86

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Storage Costs of Encrypted Data.

Encryption 54

Encryption Media Technology Data breaches 54

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

The goal of Data Privacy Week, celebrated between January 24 – 28, is to spread awareness about online privacy and educate citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure. Merely suggesting using multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting everywhere is not enough. Todd Moore | VP, Encryption Products.

Data privacy 127

Data privacy Data breaches Social Engineering Technology 127

Hacker's King

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Code Generation : AI can develop security patches or encryption protocols on demand. This adaptability ensures that security measures evolve alongside emerging threats. Analyzing Threat Feeds : AI processes threat intelligence feeds from various sources to identify trends and predict potential attacks.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Threat Detection Cyber threats Artificial Intelligence 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 13, 2019

There’s a very tough question on the table that no one can afford to ignore: If more than half of global IT and security executives say they actively fear the exposure of payment card data and other personal identifiable information, why are 70% of them not deploying measures such as encryption to maintain security?

Threat Reports 115

Threat Reports Encryption Internet Internet 115

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2023

Legal data or the information related to court cases now seems to have attracted the attention of cyber criminals as they have launched around 7 file encrypting malware attacks to siphon data from almost 13 laws firms across the world, in a span of just 3 months. But was disclosed to the world by the hackers.

Ransomware 95

Ransomware Backups Threat Reports Software 95

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) has great information on Big Data use and security. We surveyed more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, and virtually all (99%) report they plan to use Big Data this year. Improved monitoring and reporting tools (36% global, 34% U.S.).

Big data 96

Big data Encryption Marketing Authentication 96

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

Data breaches are usually the result of stolen identity or IT configuration errors that allows access to unauthorized users, resulting in the loss of control of our most sensitive Personal Identifiable Information (PII) data about employees, customers, and partners. Encrypt all sensitive data. Understand the risks related to data.

Encryption 106

Encryption Data breaches Risk Authentication 106

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Avast explains that one of the biggest IoT security threats is the use of vulnerable devices to access organizations’ network and thus may gain access to sensitive information. Cyber attacks against the company aren’t the only relevant threat, however. IoT Protection is Key. Choose your partners wisely.

IoT 122

IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Healthcare 122

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Retail Edition , nearly two thirds (62%) of U.S. retailers reported experiencing data breaches, with more than a third (37%) occurring in the past year. Retailers must encrypt everything — not just payment or customer preference data. The Perfect Storm. Everything.

Retail 89

Retail Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption 89

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Encrypt "non-public" data both at rest and in motion or use effective alternative compensating controls for information at rest if approved by the CISO in writing. The feasibility of encryption and effectiveness of the compensating controls shall be reviewed by the CISO at least annually.

Financial Services 72

Financial Services Cybersecurity CISO Backups 72

Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes. The UK will neither confirm nor deny that its killing encryption The Verge This is not US-related, but certainly important enough to follow as it may have ramifications in the US in the form of setting precedent.

Surveillance 52

Surveillance Data breaches Firmware Encryption 52