The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance once again call for tech firms to engineer backdoors into end-to-end and device encryption. The statements reinforce the importance of the encryption in protecting data, privacy, and IP, but highlights the risks of abusing it for criminal and terrorist purposes.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 28, 2021

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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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Quantum Computing Threats While quantum computing offers immense potential, it also poses a serious risk to traditional encryption methods. Hackers with access to quantum technology could potentially break existing cryptographic protocols, necessitating the development of quantum-resistant encryption.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Third Party Apps.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Part three of a four-part series In 2024, global pressure on companies to implement advanced data protection measures intensified, with new standards in encryption and software transparency raising the bar. And industries like healthcare face persistent targeting due to their outdated systems and high-value data.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. However, over the past 20 years the practice of analyzing user data hasn’t advanced much beyond serving the business models of these tech giants. The transformation progresses.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A VPN removes all traces leading back to your original IP address and encrypts your connection to allow safe and private browsing. In the last few years, there has been an unprecedented surge in internet and mobile usage with rapid development of online portals such as e-commerce platforms. Keep Your Softwares Updated. Wrapping It Up.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Understanding Data Privacy: Keeping Your Data Secure IdentityIQ With the rise of online platforms, social media, and e-commerce, personal information has become more vulnerable to mishandling and exploitation. Data privacy is the cornerstone of helping protect your personal information from unauthorized access or exposure.

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Webroot

JANUARY 27, 2025

Data Privacy Week (Jan. Whether youre browsing online as a consumer or running a business, data privacy is paramount in an environment where cyber threats can lurk around every corner. In the spirit of Data Privacy Week, here are six ideas to help you protect yourselfand your data: 1.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

However, M&A is a complex undertaking, and integrating and consolidating IT, cybersecurity and data privacy infrastructure only adds to the challenge. Patient data exposures. Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Data privacy and protection VR systems—augmented by AI or not—collect and process large amounts of user data, from behaviors and preferences to sensitive and personally identifiable information. However, unauthorized access to this data is entirely possible without proper encryption and data protection measures.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When government agencies and international intelligence groups pooled together resources to gather user data, the VPN’s encryption seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel. Related: California enacts pioneering privacy law. All telecoms companies will have to build tools in order to bypass their own encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Legacy perimeter defenses are rapidly losing efficacy as the landscape shifts to cloud computing and the Internet of Things. Cryptographic splitting has to do with encrypting data, splitting this encrypted data into smaller, random chunks, and then distributing those smaller chunks to several storage locations.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2024

ASPM toolsets came along in 2020 or so to help organizations get more organized about monitoring and updating code security as part of meeting data privacy and security regulations. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A VPN is a service that keeps your internet connection and identity anonymous, helping you maintain privacy. It creates a digital tunnel that connects you with the internet so outside parties can’t see who you are or what you do while you’re online. Your browsing history is encrypted and hidden, even from your ISP provider.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. Look for the “https” in the website’s URL—it means there’s some level of encryption.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These attacks are becoming more sophisticated, targeted, and damaging, threatening data privacy, financial stability, and national security. The increase in internet connectivity, the proliferation of smart devices, and the use of cloud services have expanded the attack surface, making it easier for hackers to infiltrate networks.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

An investigation by the Stanford Internet Observatory found that some of the back-end infrastructure for the Clubhouse App was provided by Agora. The Stanford Internet Observatory. In their blog Clubhouse in China: Is the data safe? We also plan to engage an external data security firm to review and validate these changes.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

This fast-tracking of Middle East cybersecurity regulations unfolded as the European Union was putting the finishing touches on its tough new data privacy and data handling rules, with enforcement teeth , set forth in its General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR,) which took effect in May 2018. It’s coming.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. Unfortunately, at that moment, there were over 300,000 of those cameras connected to the internet. Nowadays, malware is an indispensable part of the internet (even if we do not like it).

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

But it comes with concerns, especially in sensitive areas like data privacy and intellectual property. These inquiries centre on issues such as transparency, lawful data processing, and the use of personal data for model training. This blog analyses those risks and gives guidance on whether you can deploy it safely.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With cyberattacks and data breaches on the rise, it's become especially important for brands to ensure their assets are sufficiently safeguarded, particularly as more of their infrastructure migrates to support remote systems to cloud-based platforms and their services become more reliant on the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

IaaS involves virtualized computing resources over the internet, with users responsible for securing the operating system, applications, data, and networks. Security concerns include data protection, network security, identity and access management, and physical security. What Is IaaS Security?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report paints a stark picture: ATO attacks have surged by 10% year-on-year, with a staggering 11% of all login attempts across the internet now linked to these nefarious activities. Once inside, the damage can be catastrophic - from data theft and unauthorized purchases to complete account lockouts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever. Hackers are constantly finding new ways to access data, and encrypting your data makes it much more difficult for them to do so. It is also important to make sure that your data is encrypted both in motion and at rest.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 22, 2024

Luckily for all of us, anyone can learn powerful data privacy and security techniques to keep the bad guys on the outside where they belong. Il est aujourd’hui impossible de naviguer sur Internet avec un ordinateur ou d’utiliser un smartphone ou une tablette sans prendre des mesures de protection efficaces.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 22, 2021

China’s new data privacy law just went into effect in November 2021. China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) is legislation that aims to outline and protect appropriate uses of personal data. Also Read: China’s Data Privacy Law Poses Challenge for International Companies. Compliance Overview.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 26, 2023

Confidential computing is a technology and technique that encrypts and stores an organization’s most sensitive data in a secure portion of a computer’s processor — known as the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) — while it’s processed and in use. Most other encryption approaches protect data at rest and data in transit only.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This section covers essential measures like setting strong passwords, enabling encryption, backing up data, and using tracking apps. By encrypting your passwords and requiring a master password to access them, these tools ensure that your sensitive information remains protected, even if the device itself is compromised.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Companies are fundamentally reshaping their businesses and taking advantage of digital technologies like cloud, mobile, social media, and the Internet of Things to transform the experience their customers receive, create innovative new business models, and find ways to realize new efficiencies and reduce their operating costs.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 24, 2023

The Rise of the Sovereign Cloud sparsh Thu, 05/25/2023 - 04:04 One of the big ironies about data on the internet is that once the goal of achieving a centreless web of data communication (the internet itself) had been developed and built out, the next area of focus became how to draw borders around it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 15, 2021

Remember the early days of the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices? There are also data privacy implications with IoT. In the absence of good security, two obvious privacy violations include spoofing the identity of a registered user, or even spoofing the device identity itself. Data security.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Still, over time, they’ve been woven into baseline data security regulations far and wide. NIST specs are echoed in the data loss disclosure and data privacy laws that have cropped up in many U.S. Two meaningful steps every person can take, right now, is to begin routinely using a password manager and encrypted browsers.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

If the devastating health and economic ramifications weren’t enough, individual privacy is also in the throes of being profoundly and permanently disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The only data the server gets is a privacy-preserving ‘Bluetooth ID’ of the users who agrees to share their Bluetooth ID with the server.

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