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BEST PRACTICES: Resurgence of encrypted thumb drives shows value of offline backups — in the field

The Last Watchdog

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. Related: Can Europe’s GDPR restore data privacy? And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives. LW: Threats are still out there, essentially.

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Why Data Privacy Day matters

Malwarebytes

Our Lock and Code special episode on Data Privacy Day, featuring guests from Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation can be listened to here. For users who want to hide their activity from their Internet Service Provider, VPNs can encrypt and obscure their traffic. Why does data privacy matter?

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Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know in 2025

eSecurity Planet

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 4 OneTrust: Best for Privacy and Compliance 2 $920 M In funding 4.7 Proofpoint: Best for End User Data Security 7 $10.15 IBM Best for advanced encryption Headquarters: Armonk, New York Founded: 1911 Annual Revenue: $61.9 Cisco: Best for Integrated Network Security 16 $242.51

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. ESET Protect Advanced complies with data regulation thanks to full disk encryption capabilities on Windows and macOS. Founded: 2007. Get started today! Visit website.

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

For everything from minor network infractions to devastating cyberattacks and data privacy troubles , digital forensics software can help clean up the mess and get to the root of what happened. Born in 2007, Xplico is a top network forensics analysis tool (NFAT) and restructures data via a packet sniffer. Volatility.

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SHARED INTEL: How NTA/NDR systems get to ‘ground truth’ of cyber attacks, unauthorized traffic

The Last Watchdog

In another case, a device management tool was deployed in a hospital and used the WiFi network to insure data privacy, as it provisioned connected devices. But ExtraHop noticed that the tool also opening encrypted connections to vendor-owned cloud storage, a major HIPAA violation. Since then it has raised $61.6

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GUEST ESSAY: The true cost of complacency, when it comes to protecting data, content

The Last Watchdog

This penalty was in connection with Facebook harvesting user data, over the course of seven years — between 2007 and 2014. This user data became part of the now infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal. On that date, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force.