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Are Data Breaches the New Reality for Retail?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As digital transformation takes hold, the retail industry is under siege from cyber criminals and nation states attempting to steal consumers’ personal information, credit card data and banking information. Lines are now blurred between physical and digital experiences. retailers experiencing a breach in the last year.

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Federal cybersecurity: breaking down the barriers to adoption

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, modernization and transformative technologies are creating new vulnerabilities resulting in data breaches. Our annual Thales Data Threat Report-Federal Edition , released today, found that 98% of federal agencies are storing sensitive data within a digitally transformative environment.

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SHARED INTEL: Report details how cyber criminals leverage HTTPS TLS to hide malware

The Last Watchdog

From January through March 2021, TLS concealed 45 percent of the malware Sophos analysts observed circulating on the Internet; that’s double the rate – 23 percent – seen in early 2020, Dan Schiappa, Sophos’ chief product officer, told me in a briefing. Here are the key takeaways: Surprise packages. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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How Cybersecurity Can Save Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

CI comprises physical and digital systems vital to a nation's security, economy, and safety. Despite their varying functions, these industries share a common vulnerability: a growing dependence on the internet makes them increasingly susceptible to cyberattacks. However, it is also operational complexity that is a source of concern.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. Almost all (96%) of U.S.

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NEW TECH: Brinqa takes a ‘graph database’ approach to vulnerability management, app security

The Last Watchdog

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. Digital transformation is all about high-velocity innovation and on-the-fly change.

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Quantum computing brings new security risks: How to protect yourself

CyberSecurity Insiders

The average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high in 2021, and the attack vector grows larger by the minute. Quantum computing focuses on developing computer technology based on principles that describe how particles and energy react at the atomic and subatomic levels. What is quantum computing? How to protect yourself.

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