News April 29, 2024

The major hardware flaw in Apple M-series chips

3 min read - The “need for speed” is having a negative impact on many Mac users right now. The Apple M-series chips, which are designed to deliver more consistent and faster performance than the Intel processors used in the past, have a vulnerability…

Data Protection March 12, 2024

How data residency impacts security and compliance

3 min read - Every piece of your organization’s data is stored in a physical location. Even data stored in a cloud environment lives in a physical location on the virtual server. However, the data may not be in the location you expect, especially…

Data Protection October 2, 2023

Data never dies: The immortal battle of data privacy

4 min read - More than two hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin said there is nothing certain but death and taxes. If Franklin were alive today, he would add one more certainty to his list: your digital profile. Between the data compiled and stored…

Artificial Intelligence August 1, 2023

Artificial intelligence threats in identity management

4 min read - The 2023 Identity Security Threat Landscape Report from CyberArk identified some valuable insights. 2,300 security professionals surveyed responded with some sobering figures: 68% are concerned about insider threats from employee layoffs and churn 99% expect some type of identity compromise…

Data Protection July 19, 2023

Sensitive data FOMO: You can’t afford to miss out on data security

5 min read - Everyone knows that horrible feeling. You’re scrolling through social media when all of a sudden, a photo pops up of your friends hanging out at a cool party you hadn’t even heard about. When it comes to FOMO, or the…

Data Protection July 12, 2023

Personal data vs. sensitive data: What is the difference?

5 min read - In today’s digital age, a tidal wave of information travels across networks from user to user and device to device. Organizations rely on collecting and storing sensitive and personal information to perform business-critical operations, such as collecting credit card payments,…

Cloud Security June 20, 2023

As data gravity goes up, are clouds becoming black holes?

4 min read - The more data in one place, the more data it attracts. This “data gravity” is a familiar function for enterprises, even if the term isn’t. As the number of applications hosted on local servers increases, so too does the amount…

Zero Trust September 16, 2022

Modern data security needs a modern solution

4 min read - The role of a data security analyst isn’t an easy one. It has always been hard to address data security because of the volume, speed and variety of data in the IT landscape. However, over the last few years, the…

Data Protection April 5, 2022

It’s 2022: Do you know where your sensitive data is?

5 min read - Looking at recent breaches and scandals, it’s not a mystery why organizations put a premium on good data security and governance practices. Yet, there is one aspect of data security and data governance that proves elusive. Sure, organizations have data…

Data Protection October 21, 2021

Database Security Best Practices: The Essential Guide

6 min read - In 2021, an F-35 fighter jet is more likely to be taken out by a cyberattack than a missile. In the digital age, the threat of an attack is everywhere and constantly growing. If your company or agency fails to…