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RSAC insights: Concentric AI directs Google’s search techniques towards locking down data sprawl

The Last Watchdog

In order to extract value from the Internet, data sprawl first must get reined in. Solving data sprawl has now become a focal point of cybersecurity. Today sensitive information, especially unstructured data , routinely gets dispersed across multiple cloud-connected platforms. Data is the foundational element.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that allows data storage on remote servers operated by a service provider, accessible via internet connections. Local storage prioritizes direct access, potential cost savings, and reduced reliance on the internet, yet lacks the scalability and security of the cloud.

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How Can You Protect Critical Infrastructure from Ransomware Attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A ransomware is a vicious type of malware that cybercriminals use to block access to business critical systems by encrypting data in files, databases, or entire computer systems, until the victim pays a ransom. One ransom payment to prevent cybercriminals from disclosing the sensitive data they have stolen before encrypting it.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In an effort to meet compliance requirements – and with an eye towards cutting costs – the healthcare industry has turned its attention towards embracing digitally transformative technologies, including cloud, big data, Internet of Things and containers. respondents reported using these technologies with sensitive data.

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Five Key Points When Preventing Cybersecurity Attacks in a World of Hybrid Working

Security Boulevard

This uses encryption and authentication to allow the safe transfer of files inside and outside the organization. Because HelpSystems only provides best-in-class cybersecurity solutions, we can offer easily integrated and complementary data security tools.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Blog Series: Using Technology to Safeguard the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

If we focus primarily on perimeter defense, we will continue to see data breaches and exposure to our critical infrastructure. Perimeter defense, while necessary, is not enough to protect our sensitive data. With the Vormetric Data Security Platform, agencies can establish strong safeguards around sensitive data.

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How to Comply with GDPR, PIPL, and CCPA

eSecurity Planet

It gives consumers the right to know what information businesses are storing on them and how those businesses are using and sharing the data, to delete their PII from a company’s database, and to bar a business from selling their personal data. Who Does CCPA Affect?