News December 23, 2024

Ransomware attack on Rhode Island health system exposes data of hundreds of thousands

3 min read - Rhode Island is grappling with the fallout of a significant ransomware attack that has compromised the personal information of hundreds of thousands of residents enrolled in the state’s health and social services programs. Officials confirmed the attack on the RIBridges…

Data Protection December 20, 2024

How to craft a comprehensive data cleanliness policy

3 min read - Practicing good data hygiene is critical for today’s businesses. With everything from operational efficiency to cybersecurity readiness relying on the integrity of stored data, having confidence in your organization’s data cleanliness policy is essential. But what does this involve, and…

News December 2, 2024

Will arresting the National Public Data threat actor make a difference?

3 min read - The arrest of USDoD, the mastermind behind the colossal National Public Data breach, was a victory for law enforcement. It also raises some fundamental questions. Do arrests and takedowns truly deter cyberattacks? Or do they merely mark the end of…

Data Protection September 26, 2024

Ransomware on the rise: Healthcare industry attack trends 2024

4 min read - According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024, the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.88 million this year, a 10% increase over 2023. For the healthcare industry, the report offers both good and bad…

News September 23, 2024

Salesforce acquires Own Company

2 min read - How important is data protection and data management these days? It’s important enough that Salesforce recently announced it acquired Own Company, a leading provider of data protection and data management solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. What motivated Salesforce to…

Data Protection August 27, 2024

Cost of data breaches: The business case for security AI and automation

3 min read - As Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” If the idea of the global average costs of data breaches rising year over year feels like more of the same, that’s because it is. Data protection solutions get better,…

Risk Management August 23, 2024

How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold

3 min read - The Olympic Games Paris 2024 was by most accounts a highly successful Olympics. Some 10,000 athletes from 204 nations competed in 329 events over 16 days. But before and during the event, authorities battled Olympic-size cybersecurity threats coming from multiple…

Risk Management July 30, 2024

Surging data breach disruption drives costs to record highs

4 min read - Security teams are getting better at detecting and responding to breach incursions, but attackers are inflicting greater pain on organizations’ bottom lines. IBM’s recent Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 found the global average breach hit a record $4.88…

News June 11, 2024

Why the Christie’s auction house hack is different

3 min read - Christie’s, one of the world’s leading auction houses, was hacked in May, and the cyber group RansomHub has claimed responsibility. On May 12, Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti announced on LinkedIn that the company had “experienced a technology security incident.” RansomHub…

Data Protection May 14, 2024

Overheard at RSA Conference 2024: Top trends cybersecurity experts are talking about

4 min read - At a brunch roundtable, one of the many informal events held during the RSA Conference 2024 (RSAC), the conversation turned to the most popular trends and themes at this year’s events. There was no disagreement in what people presenting sessions…