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NEWS ANALYSIS Q&A: Striving for contextual understanding as digital transformation plays out

The Last Watchdog

Perhaps the biggest change lies in the way the rules are generated and maintained, where once a pool of highly skilled and experienced cybersecurity analysts iterated and codified actions as lovingly-maintained rules, today big data systems power machine learning systems to train complex classifiers and models.

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MY TAKE: How ‘credential stuffing’ and ‘account takeovers’ are leveraging Big Data, automation

The Last Watchdog

A pair of malicious activities have become a stunning example of digital transformation – unfortunately on the darknet. Thanks to botnets, if you’ve ever patronized any of the hacked enterprises, your personal data, including your favorite usernames and passwords , have probably been stolen several times over.

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Q&A: Here’s why it has become vital for companies to deter ‘machine-identity thieves’

The Last Watchdog

We’re undergoing digital transformation , ladies and gentlemen. And we’re in a nascent phase where clever advances are blossoming even as unprecedented data breaches arise in parallel. LW: Can you frame what’s going on with identities when it comes to digital transformation? Hudson: Sure. Hudson: Yes, exactly.

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Current forecast: Cloudy with a chance of exposed data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

94 percent of respondents are using sensitive data in cloud, big data, IoT or mobile environments. But with widespread enterprise adoption of cloud technologies, come very real data security risks. Businesses shouldn’t be afraid to adopt emerging technologies that accelerate growth and digital transformation.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

With the EDB PostgreSQL Advanced Server, clients gain features like password profiles, enhanced audit logging, and data redaction. Features include automated discovery, port scans and patch status, password integrity , and protections for database-specific risks. Read our in-depth review of the McAfee Data Center Security Suite.

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Maximizing Cloud Data Security: Importance, Challenges and Best Practices

Centraleyes

In the era of big data , companies generate and store vast amounts of information. This data takes many forms, ranging from highly confidential data to less sensitive analytics. Cloud services offer many advantages for data management, including scalability, cost efficiency, and enhanced collaboration.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Remember earlier this year when news broke that Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency was keeping their passwords on a Post-it note, right after a false missile alert was blasted to residents across the state? citizens’ personal data being made available to the public, which has heightened awareness with government officials.