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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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Unstructured Data and What it Means for GDPR Compliance

Security Boulevard

Back on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, meaning all organizations that offer goods or services to European Union residents, or collect consumer data within the region, are now required to comply with the regulation.

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

The Last Watchdog

Much of the buzz as RSA Conference 2022 gets underway next week in San Francisco will be around innovations to help companies make sense of data as it gets increasingly dispersed to far-flung pockets of the public cloud. In this case, the tech company was able to flush out the employees who routinely violated company data security rules.

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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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How to Comply with GDPR, PIPL, and CCPA

eSecurity Planet

When it comes to managing cybersecurity risk , approximately 35 percent of organizations say they only take an active interest if something bad happens. Organizations need to understand all of the data they store and collect as well as where they’re storing it. Europe’s privacy protection law went into effect in 2018.