Cloud Security January 22, 2025

2024 Cloud Threat Landscape Report: How does cloud security fail?

4 min read - Organizations often set up security rules to help reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities and risks. The 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report discovered that 40% of all data breaches involved data distributed across multiple environments, meaning that these best-laid plans often…

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…

Data Protection October 22, 2024

What NIST’s post-quantum cryptography standards mean for data security

2 min read - Data security is the cornerstone of every business operation. Today, the security of sensitive data and communication depends on traditional cryptography methods, such as the RSA algorithm. While such algorithms secure against today’s threats, organizations must continue to look forward…

Data Protection October 22, 2024

Best practices on securing your AI deployment

4 min read - As organizations embrace generative AI, there are a host of benefits that they are expecting from these projects—from efficiency and productivity gains to improved speed of business to more innovation in products and services. However, one factor that forms a…

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…

Intelligence & Analytics August 21, 2024

Protecting your data and environment from unknown external risks

3 min read - Cybersecurity professionals always keep their eye out for trends and patterns to stay one step ahead of cyber criminals. The IBM X-Force does the same when working with customers. Over the past few years, clients have often asked the team…

News May 1, 2024

New proposed federal data privacy law suggests big changes

3 min read - After years of work and unsuccessful attempts at legislation, a draft of a federal data privacy law was recently released. The United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce released the American Privacy Rights Act on April 7, 2024. Several…

Data Protection March 27, 2024

3 Strategies to overcome data security challenges in 2024

3 min read - There are over 17 billion internet-connected devices in the world — and experts expect that number will surge to almost 30 billion by 2030. This rapidly growing digital ecosystem makes it increasingly challenging to protect people’s privacy. Attackers only need…

Artificial Intelligence March 19, 2024

How AI can be hacked with prompt injection: NIST report

3 min read - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) closely observes the AI lifecycle, and for good reason. As AI proliferates, so does the discovery and exploitation of AI cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Prompt injection is one such vulnerability that specifically attacks generative…

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…