It seems that the data security landscape is constantly changing. Every day, new threats arise and fresh best practices emerge to keep companies at the forefront of protecting sensitive information. PKWARE’s staff of experts in data security share their thoughts in our blog, highlighting the most current topics on data security, management, and reduction. Check back frequently and join the conversation.
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Project managers assigned to FDCCI efforts need to assess and move data stored in more than 3,000 data centers. There is an overabundance of structured and unstructured data that not only depletes storage capacity, but also requires significant expenditures to manage and secure. They need an efficie...
Tagged in: certificate-based encryption Cloud Data Center Consolidation Data Encryption FDCCI Government Passphrase PII
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Posted by on in Data Breach
The Canadian government will soon have to answer some pointed questions regarding its data security solutions following the filing of a new class-action lawsuit seeking $600 million in collective compensation for individuals potentially affected by a missing portable hard drive. According to CTV-Ed...
Tagged in: Data Breach Data Encryption PII
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Recently, Sony's European arm was chastised for its data security missteps in the form of a nearly $400,000 fine handed down from the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). In April 2011, a targeted cybercriminal attack compromised the accounts of approximately 77 million Sony PlayStatio...
Tagged in: Cyberattacks Data Breach Data Encryption Hacker PII
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The issue of security inevitably crops up with any cloud migration. Even companies that don't deal with highly sensitive customer data or confidential security reports usually have something they would like to protect. Recent research has suggested that the cloud has become more technologically secu...
Tagged in: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Cloud Data Centric Security Data Security Internal Threats Perimeter Security PII
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Posted by on in Data Breach
The value of physical data backup methods is that they are frequently considered more secure than their virtual or web-connected counterparts. However, that logic may be giving organizations a false sense of security and raising the risk of information loss. One financial institution recently learn...
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