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GUEST ESSAY: How stricter data privacy laws have redefined the ‘filing’ of our personal data

The Last Watchdog

Companies are also often dealing with numerous kinds of storage, from relational databases to schema-less databases, to giant data dumps of unstructured data in, say, Amazon S3 data storage buckets. It’s no wonder that the global GDPR services market is expected to reach $4.4 billion by 2027. Less can be more.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) as an Enabler for Enhanced Data Security

Security Affairs

AI-driven systems overcome these limitations by using advanced machine learning models and context-aware algorithms to recognize complex data types, providing a more reliable and dynamic classification framework. This is particularly useful for unstructured data (as found in most document stores, email and messaging systems, etc.)

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GUEST ESSAY: ‘Tis the season — to take proactive measures to improve data governance

The Last Watchdog

Sadly, data breaches often occur at this time of year. Recently we’ve seen major news stories about breaches at Starwood Hotels and Quora. Related podcast: The need to lock down unstructured data. As I said, breaches cannot be 100 percent preventable, but there are a lot of ways to be proactive.

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The CISO: Guardian of Data while Navigating Risk Strategic Insights for the Boardroom and Shaping Future Business

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A 2024 Thales report found a high correlation between achieving regulatory compliance and minimizing data breaches. Organizations that failed a compliance audit: 84% have a breach history, 31% within the last 12 months Organizations that passed a compliance audit: 21% have a breach history, 3% within the last 12 months 2.

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DCAP Systems: Protecting Your Data with Advanced Technology

SecureWorld News

One of the most important responsibilities of security professionals is to avoid data breaches. At the same time, the IBM report reveals that it takes an average of 277 days to detect and contain a data breach. Data access control raises many questions not only among users but sometimes also among security professionals.

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How to Prepare for the Future of Healthcare Digital Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While a stolen credit card has a time-limited value, PHI and electronic medical records (EMR) are packed with immutable data that can, and do, fetch hundreds of dollars per stolen record on illegal online markets. Healthcare Data Prized by Cybercriminals. For data in motion and in use. Which brings me to my next point.

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Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Any operational downtime or even worse data loss due to a data breach could significantly impact customer loyalty and their highly anticipated holiday season revenues. According to a recent study, the average cost of a retail data breach in 2024 is reported to be $3.48

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