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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Every day, dozens of your employees are leaving the office completely naked. Yes, your busiest and most savvy employees are streaking from their cubicles. Attorneys au natural. Bond buyers in their birthday suits. But don’t dial the HR department. Or the police. (Or a freelance photographer.) It’s...
Tagged in: Cloud Data Protection Data Security data streakers Dropbox public cloud
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No one wants to short-change their security plans. Still, like any business program, there is a balancing act to find the best fit for your risk appetite, user adoption and budget. Working with some of our 30,000 global customers, I’ve sketched out a “Security Triangle” as the basis for data securi...
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A regulatory audit sounds as inviting as a surprise visit to the dentist’s chair. But would you ever swap your seat at the dentist for one in an emergency room? There’s a similar trade-off happening with some data decision makers when it comes to compliance and security. The creeping web of regulat...
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The saying “what’s old is new again” doesn’t always apply to innovation and technology. But data compression seems to be getting a new turn at enterprise data “cool” from recent applications and research. Here’s a sample of the varied, emergent attention on data compression in the last week: IBM ca...
Tagged in: Big Data compression Data Compression Encryption enterprise mainframe
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Wikipedia recently raised issues with NSA surveillance of the domain and related Wikimedia properties, and declared that it would change its encryption protocols to ensure more secure data exchange between sites and users. The change appears to have been particularly motivated by the reve...
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