Data is Wealth: Data Security is Wealth Protection

In 2021 alone, humanity (and a few robots) will create 79 sextillion bytes of data. That’s nearly 10 million times the estimated number of grains of sand on Earth. And those 79 sextillion bytes of data are in addition to all the data we already have. So today, organizations everywhere are not just swimming in data; […]

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Thoughts From a Data Security Expert: 3 Things That Keep Me Up at Night

As an IT leader in charge of database engineering and database audit and compliance for a Fortune 50 American company with millions of customers, I know that there are potential risks and vulnerabilities inherent in every aspect of data management. Companies like ours store and change terabytes of operational and customer data on a constant […]

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Thoughts From a Data Security Expert: 3 Things That Keep Me Up at Night

As an IT leader in charge of database engineering and database audit and compliance for a Fortune 50 American company with millions of customers, I know that there are potential risks and vulnerabilities inherent in every aspect of data management. Companies like ours store and change terabytes of operational and customer data on a constant […]

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3 Ways to Reduce the Cost of a Government Data Breach

As a government agency or jurisdiction, one of your goals is to build trust with the citizens you serve. You earn that trust by protecting their information from a government data breach. This also helps by making efficient use of taxpayer dollars. When a data breach does hit, both pillars are eroded. Your organization can […]

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Why Data Monopolies Mean Breaches Hit Harder (And How to Help)

Tech companies aren’t shy about how much they know about us. In fact, it’s right in my face every time I log on to my accounts: advertisements for running shoes I looked at online last week; condo rentals for the post-pandemic trip I’ve been quietly planning for months; and recommended dachshund Facebook groups likely based […]

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IBM Security Guardium Named Industry Leader for Third Consecutive Time

KuppingerCole named IBM Security Guardium an overall business leader in their Leadership Compass on Database and Big Data Security Solutions. IBM was also again ranked as a leader in all three sections: product, innovation and market. With this in mind, take a look at how KuppingerCole measures today’s solutions and why good data security is so important. […]

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Why Security Pros Can’t Ignore Big Data Monopolies

The rise of the cloud didn’t free us from concerns over who stores our data. Where matters, and major cloud providers and big data monopolies host a huge percentage of the world’s data. Thousands of organizations that store and manage personal, business and government data use big-name cloud providers. Smartphone platform companies house and process terabytes […]

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How Machine Learning is Changing the Face of Financial Services

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become integrated into our everyday lives. It powers what we see in our social media newsfeeds, activates facial recognition (to unlock our smartphones), and even suggests music for us to listen to. Machi… Continue reading How Machine Learning is Changing the Face of Financial Services

Monitoring Data & Data Access to Support Ongoing GDPR Compliance – Part III: Tools

The new European Union (EU)-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was signed into law in late April 2016, and the compliance deadline came into effect on May 25, 2018. The Regulation is expansive and covers a variety of subject areas, provisio… Continue reading Monitoring Data & Data Access to Support Ongoing GDPR Compliance – Part III: Tools

The AI’ker’s Guide to the (cybersecurity) Galaxy

As a security veteran, I find myself from time to time having to explain to newbies the importance of adopting a ‘hacker’s way of thinking’, and the difference between hacker’s thinking and builder’s thinking. If you can&#… Continue reading The AI’ker’s Guide to the (cybersecurity) Galaxy