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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. A few takeaways: Outside a database.

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Best 5 Privacy Management Tools for 2024

Centraleyes

Demonstrate your dedication to data privacy and ethics with strong policies and a clean record, and you’ll earn the vital trust that is the foundation of long-term consumer loyalty. Better Insurance Rates: Cyber insurance providers include data security in their actuarial analysis.

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Predictions for 2023 API Security

CyberSecurity Insiders

Prediction #2: Leaders will see APIs as representing both security and business risks. The need to protect business operations, customers, and data will be a key driver for organizations to implement API security platforms. Prediction #4: Organizations will right-size data storage to reduce risks.

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Can visibility be the key to better privacy?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

These digital transformations are vital for business to continue, but also introduces new risks. Probably also increasing the cost of any resultant data breach, as mentioned in the 2020 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. Better data visibility to the rescue. Discover the location of your data.

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Top Threat Intelligence Platforms for 2021

eSecurity Planet

What sets FireEye apart from the competition is how its platform tailors strategic intelligence to an organization’s corporate risk management and business goals by providing highly-contextual data so users can align security strategies to respond to the most likely threats taking aim at an organization. AT&T Cybersecurity.

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Security Data Lakes Emerge to Address SIEM Limitations

eSecurity Planet

What is a Security Data Lake? The typical data lake serves a repository for an organization and holds unstructured data regarding company products, financial data, customer data, supplier data, and marketing information. SIEM Compatibility with Security Data Lakes.