Cisco Survey Demonstrates Financial Benefit of Enterprise Data Security

“Privacy has become an attractive investment even beyond any compliance requirements. Organizations that get privacy right improve their customer relationships, operational efficiency, and bottom-line results.”
– Cisco Data Privacy Benchmark … Continue reading Cisco Survey Demonstrates Financial Benefit of Enterprise Data Security

4 GDPR Violations that Multiple Companies have been Fined for

In a previous post, we looked at the highest GDPR fines to date. We thought it would be interesting to show what instigates fines like these, so now let’s explore some common GDPR violations that have already zapped organizations. We loo… Continue reading 4 GDPR Violations that Multiple Companies have been Fined for

Accidental Breaches a Top Concern for IT Security Professionals

A recent Egress survey questioned 500 IT security decision-makers and found that accidental breaches are rife within the industry. Over 70% of respondents recorded an accidental internal breach during the last five years, with half of these incide… Continue reading Accidental Breaches a Top Concern for IT Security Professionals

PCI DSS Compliance Lower than Ever

In Verizon’s 2019 Payment Security Report, it was revealed that in 2018 only 36.7% of businesses are fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Indeed, over the past several years, PCI DSS compliance has… Continue reading PCI DSS Compliance Lower than Ever

Domain Provider ‘Network Solutions’ Announces Data Breach

In a recent statement, the world’s first Internet domain name provider, Network Solutions, revealed that they were the target of a data breach. The company announced that an unknown third-party acquired unauthorized access to some of their c… Continue reading Domain Provider ‘Network Solutions’ Announces Data Breach

The Difference Between Format-Preserving Encryption and Tokenization

There is a lot of confusion surrounding this topic and, given recent developments such as the ANSI X9 standard for retail financial services, tokenization can actually be implemented with format-preserving encryption (FPE). In the end, both achiev… Continue reading The Difference Between Format-Preserving Encryption and Tokenization

How to End the Tug of War Between Data Analytics and Data Security

Data analysts want access to large volumes of data because, generally speaking, the bigger the sample size, the more accurate the predictions. One of the biggest thorns in the side of data analysts is when your organization has a big fat set of da… Continue reading How to End the Tug of War Between Data Analytics and Data Security

One Year Later – Has GDPR Really Been that Big of a Deal?

GDPR’s potential fines of 20 million EUR or 4% of global annual turnover had organizations across the globe shaking in their boots, but was the fear really warranted? Now that GDPR has been in effect for a full year, let’s take a look … Continue reading One Year Later – Has GDPR Really Been that Big of a Deal?