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  • DATA PRIVACY IS GOOD FOR (YOUR) BUSINESS

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    Catchphrases come and go, but Data Privacy is Good for Your Business is one your organization should consider posting all over bulletin boards, company newsletters, and maybe even T-shirts. No matter what industry you’re in, your customers, clients, partners, and employees certainly expect you to honor their privacy. That’s why data protection is one of…

  • HOW STRONG ENCRYPTION IMPROVES IOT SECURITY

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    The Internet of Things (IoT) has made it possible to understand data and automate myriad processes in ways that were once unimaginable. Yet, billions of different devices residing on the edge of networks also introduce enormous security challenges. Locking down all these devices and protecting the data that flows through them is a daunting proposition.…

  • HAS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BEEN HACKED?

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    Despite its near inevitability, a data hack is still a shocking experience. Just as jarring, though, is the unknown—not knowing what will happen next to your personal information. Hackers usually don’t want meaningless data. They steal information that can unlock doors to money. That’s why even if they nick only a bit of personal information…

  • STRONGER CRYPTO ALGORITHMS ARE ON THE HORIZON

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    One of the biggest challenges surrounding digital technology is securing systems and data. For decades, computer scientists have developed increasingly sophisticated algorithms designed to encrypt data and protect it through frameworks such as public-key cryptography (PKE), which is also known as asymmetric cryptography. Today, these frameworks function relatively well. Billions of transactions and interactions use…

  • SEVEN CRITICAL TOOLS FOR BOOSTING DATA PROTECTION AND INNOVATION

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    The winds of change are gusting through the business world. More than a dozen state governments are crafting data compliance legislation, while Virginia recently passed a data privacy law mostly similar to California’s Consumer Privacy Act. This legislative flurry adds to a long list of established regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and Sarbanes-Oxley.…

  • A DATA-CENTRIC APPROACH TO CLOUD

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    The biggest security problem with protecting data on a cloud is that there isn’t just one cloud. The typical enterprise has relationships with several cloud platforms, the official ones that IT approved as well as the shadow connections made outside of IT. Beyond that long list, however, a company has to contend with the hard…

  • DIGITAL VACCINE CERTIFICATES PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

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    As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts have accelerated and life inches back to some sense of normality, the call for digital vaccine certificates has grown. Governments, airlines, hotels, gyms, and sports and entertainment venues are all looking for ways to quickly and efficiently authenticate those who have been vaccinated. In Israel, individuals who are fully vaccinated can…

  • UNLOCK YOUR SENSITIVE DATA BY FIRST UNDERSTANDING THE DATA YOU HAVE

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    A business can’t manage or protect data it doesn’t know it has. Much like losing your keys in a messy house, data can easily get lost in on-premises systems. Getting a handle on data in a modern enterprise that relies on hybrid-cloud infrastructure is even more difficult; it’s like losing track of thousands of keys…

  • AS FACEBOOK HACK SHOWS, DATA PRIVACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS

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    More than 533 million Facebook users now have a concern more worrisome than the posting of an embarrassing photo or silly cat meme. Their personal information was stolen from the social media site and recently leaked on a popular hacker forum. The leak, which was first confirmed and reported by Insider, provides users’ full names,…

  • IT’S SCAMMER TIME! SIX TIPS TO KEEP YOUR DATA SAFE DURING TAX SEASON

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    What do financial scammers have in common with florists? Turns out, they both have busy seasons. For florists, it’s February 14th. For scammers, it’s April 15th (and, this year, May 15). Scammers exploit tax season because of its heightened urgency over financial compliance, which primes people to fall for hoaxes and phishing attacks and surrender…