Data Protection
Bitglass Security Spotlight: Popular Messaging App Exposes Users’ Private Data.
This post was originally published by Will Houcheime. Here are the top stories of recent weeks: Go SMS Pro Users’ Private Data Leaked Ransomware Hits Hosting Provider, Managed.com Cryptocurrency Exchange Portal Experiences Security Breach. Capcom Confirms Data Breach via Ransomware Attack Canadian Privacy Law Enforces Heavy Fines for Noncompliance Go SMS Pro Users’ Private Data […]
The Four Pillars of CASB: Data Protection
This post was originally published by Will Houcheime. In this blog series, we discuss the key capabilities of cloud access security brokers (CASBs), and why organizations are turning to them as they migrate to the cloud. One of the four pillars of CASBs is data protection, which focuses on securing all information going back and forth […]
Six Mobile Security threats which need your attention
Every company is worried about mobile security these days as most of the employees of these firms are finding it comfortable to access corporate data from Smartphone’s, tablets and other personal devices. But accessing sensitive data on unsecured devices or devices which lack trust is pushing firms into more trouble as there is always a […]
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 for Cyber Attack!
British Mobile Phone Retailer Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) due to a data breach in 2015. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that hackers gained unauthorized access to the database of the retailer leaking personal data of more than 3 million customers and 1,000 employees during an attack. […]
WHY NON-EU BASED BUSINESSES MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)?
This post was originally published here by (ISC)² Management. By Yves Le Roux, (ISC)² EMEA Advisory Council Co-Chair & Privacy Workgroup Lead Yves will be hosting the half-day workshop GDPR: Charting Experience on the March to May 2018 at (ISC)² Secure Summit MENA, in Dubai on the 21st and 22ndNovember 2017. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]
EMEA ADVISORY COUNCIL MARKS INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION DAY WITH GDPR WARNING
This post was originally published here . This Saturday marks the 10th anniversary for Data Protection Day, celebrated each year on 28 January – which is the date the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”, was established. Data Protection Day, known as Privacy Day outside of Europe, is now celebrated globally, raising […]
real-time agentless data protection
This post was originally published here by Nat Kausik. Yesterday, we hosted the IT architecture team from a large european financial institution. They contacted us a few weeks ago, and asked to visit. Was skeptical that they would actually show up, but they did. Since it was our annual SKO, much of the company […]
Establishing a data protection committee for boards
Guest post by Matthew Pascucci, Frontline Sentinel Within certain countries, especially in the European Union, there are certain data protection committee requirements to enforce the privacy and protection of a country’s or an organization’s data. In the United States while we don’t have comparable laws enforced, we believe it’s an idea we should still strive towards before it’s mandated […]
what’s so special about a CASB: part four
Discovery Beyond Shadow IT In Part 3 we learned about Bitglass’ unique capabilities that protect your data in real-time, end-to-end. While in-band security is critical, CASBs aim to provide comprehensive data protection, which includes out-of-band threats. Bitglass’ Breach Discovery solution goes a step beyond identifying Shadow IT apps by detecting all data exfiltration threats, including malware hosts, anonymizers, TOR networks […]
what’s so special about a CASB: part two
In Part 1, we saw the need for security systems to evolve in order to meet an ever growing trend of work and data going mobile and moving outside the corporate network. Between the emerging cloud application space and employees’ desire to use their own devices, a traditional firewall isn’t enough to ensure data security or data […]
