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MY TAKE: The no. 1 reason ransomware attacks persist: companies overlook ‘unstructured data’

The Last Watchdog

All too many companies lack a full appreciation of how vital it has become to proactively manage and keep secure “unstructured data.”. One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. Ransomware target.

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Best Encryption Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice.

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

The Last Watchdog

Security teams generally knew which on-premises server held certain batches of both structured and unstructured data; they could narrowly control access to a company’s on-premises data centers, and that was deemed good-enough, security-wise, he says. Data is the foundational element.

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The Impacts of Data Loss on Your Organization

Security Affairs

Examples: Customer Personal Identifiable Information, transactional data, inventory records, and financial statements. Unstructured Data: Unstructured data, on the other hand, is characterized by its lack of organization and predefined format. They pose a significant threat to data security.

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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 Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. This trend is expected to increase as Gartner projects a threefold rise in unstructured data capacity by 2026. The increased scalability of cloud storage can assist effective data recovery solutions.

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Data-Centric Security and Big Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As Cybersecurity continues to be heavily focused on solving the problem of attacks against software vulnerabilities and system access, one potential silver bullet in the data breach equation remains out of the limelight. In short, these technologies are vulnerable, especially to insiders who have unfettered, root-level access.