Data Protection January 26, 2023

Defensive Driving: The Need for EV Cybersecurity Roadmaps

4 min read - As the U.S. looks to bolster electric vehicle (EV) adoption, a new challenge is on the horizon: cybersecurity. Given the interconnected nature of these vehicles and their reliance on local power grids, they’re not just an alternative option for getting…

Government January 6, 2023

California v. Congress: Data Protection Law Showdown

5 min read - When it comes to data protection laws, the United States has long lagged behind Europe, whose  General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in 2018 as the gold standard in data protection. Also, in 2018, California passed the California…

Data Protection August 16, 2022

How to Remediate a Cross-Site WebSocket Vulnerability

5 min read - Today, many leading industries and modern enterprises have switched from processing and acting on data stored in databases to data in flight. How? Through real-time applications. One way to enable this is WebSocket, but it comes with vulnerabilities as well.…

Data Protection July 14, 2022

6 Ways SASE Helps Protect Your Data

4 min read - You start to log in to work from the home office you’ve occupied for the last two years only to sit and wait patiently as your virtual private network (VPN) dials up. After a few minutes, it validates your credentials.…

Data Protection June 16, 2022

Looking for Cyber Insurance? Know Your Eligibility

3 min read - Before leaving on an extended (and expensive) vacation, I bought travel insurance. I wanted to protect myself in case I or my traveling partner tested positive for COVID-19. I had to answer a number of questions about my eligibility for…

Data Protection April 18, 2022

The Next Frontier for Data Security: Protecting Data in Use

9 min read - Tremendous progress has been made over the last several years to protect sensitive data in transit and in storage. But sensitive data may still be vulnerable when it is in use. For example, consider transparent database encryption (TDE). While TDE…

Data Protection March 29, 2022

National Backup Day: Don’t Forget the Basics

3 min read - This Thursday, March 31 at 9:30 a.m. MT/11:30 a.m. ET, join the National Cybersecurity Center, IBM Security X-Force’s Laurance Dine and Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, and other security experts for a World Backup Day discussion on best practices, preparedness and more.…

Malware March 4, 2022

New Wiper Malware Used Against Ukranian Organizations

3 min read - March 7, 2022 Update A correction has been applied to this blog, further analysis of the wiper malware revealed that the wiper leverages an implementation of the Mersenne Twister pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) and not ISAAC PRNG as originally reported.…

CISO January 28, 2022

What You Need to Know About Data Encryption Right Now

5 min read - You might feel like you’ve heard these imperatives a million times: “You need to encrypt your data.” “Your information isn’t secure unless you encrypt it.” “You need to eat your fruits and vegetables.” But if you’re like a lot of…

Data Protection January 10, 2022

Small Business Cybersecurity: What to Fix, What to Manage and What to Outsource

4 min read - The risk posture of small and medium-sized businesses has changed a lot over the last few years. Bluntly: small businesses inherited a series of digital risks. Many of these risks, such as supply chain and cloud-related risks, can wound and…