Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

AI-powered social engineering makes scams more convincing, while stolen passwords enable criminals to log into corporate networks and move laterally unnoticed. But unlike passwords, biometric data cant be changed if stolen. Are We Sacrificing Safety for Simplicity? But at what cost?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

The UK will neither confirm nor deny that its killing encryption The Verge This is not US-related, but certainly important enough to follow as it may have ramifications in the US in the form of setting precedent. Anyone with this default password could access these "locked" apartment complexes.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” Using strong passwords. Updating OS and software.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture. Download the full Thales 2024 Thales Data Threat Report now.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

If your business is taking an ‘encrypt everything’ approach, data discovery with risk analysis will help prioritize where to deploy data security solutions first. Encrypt all sensitive data. In addition, most data breach notification regulations don’t apply to compromised encrypted data. Understand the risks related to data.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Ransomware. See the Top Rootkit Scanners.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Read on for more details on these threats or jump down to see the linked vendor reports. Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 23% use identical passwords or follow a similar pattern.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These criminals are usually after insecure passwords; therefore, the use of modern passwordless authentication methods, like passkeys , is a great way to prevent these scams from happening. They can also automate sending these messages to reach a wider audience of targets and increase their payout.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager Sadly, less than 40% of all online users use a distinct password for each account, according to the National Cybersecurity Alliance 2023 Oh Behave! However, even strong and unique passwords have well-documented limitations and risks. Key Cybersecurity Practices to Implement 1.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 23, 2018

According to Data Threat Report for 2018 , the majority of businesses don’t just operate in one cloud environment in a single location, but multiple. Amongst these, we believe the most effective is the deployment of encryption with key management technology. The numbers are truly revolutionary.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

At the start of the year, Thales released the findings of its latest annual global Data Threat Report which found that, as businesses everywhere undergo a form of digital transformation, the risk of data breaches has reached an all-time high. Trust is needed to allay this concern, and this trust should start at birth.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

The following statistics on data breaches and enterprise security provide important context to the importance of managing user access to corporate resources: The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report found that in 61 percent of instances of data breaches, stolen credentials were involved. User Experience. Conclusion.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

The FBI’s Cyber Division received as many as 4,000 complaints of digital attacks a day in H1 2020, reported by The Hill. This could be due to the fact that fewer than a third (31%) of respondents to Proofpoint’s 2020 State of the Phish admitted to having changed the default password on their Wi-Fi router. Encryption.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager Sadly, less than 40% of all online users use a distinct password for each account, according to the National Cybersecurity Alliance 2023 Oh Behave! However, even strong and unique passwords have well-documented limitations and risks. Key Cybersecurity Practices to Implement 1.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 26, 2023

According to the Thales 2023 Data Threat Report , an increasing number of businesses find it more challenging to comply with privacy and data protection regulations in the cloud. MFA means you need to provide more than just a password to log in. MFA adds an extra layer of protection and bolsters your overall security.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

KeyPlug is a modular backdoor with the capability of communicating to its server via several network communication protocols set in its XOR-encrypted embedded configuration block. Lazarus Group delivered additional malware such as a keylogger and password-dumping tool to collect more information.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to 2024 Thales Global Data Threat Report: Financial Services , FinServ organizations face greater security challenges in securing cloud infrastructure and focus on locking down secrets in development operations. The safe handling of private data, including passwords, and other credentials, is known as secrets management.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture. Download the full Thales 2024 Thales Data Threat Report now.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Verizon report includes a startling statistic that appeared in the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report that “two-fifths of organizations are not confident that their current security systems could effectively secure the remote work environment.”. Todd Moore | VP, Encryption Products. Security is a shared responsibility.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 30, 2022

RDP gateways are accessed over HTTPS connections (port 443) protected through the TLS encryption protocol. Even the strongest passwords can be compromised. Download and read the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report which discusses some of the top threats and challenges organizations face today. Data security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

For years identity management has relied on three factors for authentication: What one knows (passwords). The 2018 Data Threat Report commissioned by Thales and conducted by 451 Research revealed 99% of respondents (a sample of 1,200 senior security executives from around the globe) are using or planning to use big data.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

According to NBC News, Greene also recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to protect themselves from Salt Typhoon. Prohibit the storage of passwords in plaintext. We cannot say with certainty that the adversary has been evicted, CISA official Jeff Greene said during a press call, as quoted by Politico.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By leveraging cryptographic techniques and biometric authentication, passkeys offer a more robust and user-friendly alternative to traditional passwords, addressing many vulnerabilities that have long plagued our online accounts. Passkeys Unpacked Passkeys were designed to eliminate the weaknesses inherent in passwords.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By leveraging cryptographic techniques and biometric authentication, passkeys offer a more robust and user-friendly alternative to traditional passwords, addressing many vulnerabilities that have long plagued our online accounts. Passkeys Unpacked Passkeys were designed to eliminate the weaknesses inherent in passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. of the surveyed organizations encrypt more than 90% of their sensitive data stored in the cloud. And only a mere 2.6%

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Ninety-five percent of cybersecurity breaches are due to human error (Symantec Internet Security Threat Report). Identity Governance (IGA) Challenges abound in the enterprise that are opening the door to greater compliance and security risk. Every organization is dealing with the proliferation of increased application.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 10, 2021

The recent Executive Order by President Biden demonstrated this reality in the most profound manner - agencies have 180 days to “adopt multi-factor authentication and encryption for data at rest and in transit.” and “…prioritize identification of the unclassified data considered to be the most sensitive and under the greatest threat”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Findings from the 2018 Federal Edition of the Data Threat Report. 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? The report also reveals that the U.S.

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