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Understanding Saudi Arabia's NDMO Standards

By Chris Brook on Wed, 10/02/2024

As governments transition to fully digital records, protecting sensitive data has become a critical priority. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is leading the way with its National Data Management and Personal Data Protection Standards.

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Friday Five: Hacked ISPs, Major Breaches, Insider Threats, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 08/30/2024

This past week, hackers took advantage of a 0-day to steal ISP customers' credentials, a former Verizon employee pleaded guilty to feeding info to a Chinese spy agency, and more. Get up to speed in this week's Friday Five!

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Friday Five: Unsuspecting Threats, New CUI Guidance, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 05/17/2024

This past week, BreachForums was taken down for a second time, an Arizona woman was arrested for her role in a North Korean remote work scheme, CISA and the NIST released new guidance, and more. Catch up on all the latest news in this week's Friday Five.

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Friday Five: Zero-Trust Guidance, IP Theft, Surging Cybercrime, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 03/08/2024

An FBI report on rising cybercrime topped this week's headlines and was further underscored by an IP theft scandal at Google, but new initiatives from the White House and NSA aim to combat such threats. Get up to speed on these stories and more in this week's Friday Five!

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What Is Enterprise Data Management (EDM)? How It Works

By Chris Brook on Mon, 03/04/2024

Enterprise Data Management (EDM) is a comprehensive approach to defining, integrating, and retrieving data in an organization.

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Friday Five: Insider Threats, Compliance Woes, Fighting Espionage, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 12/08/2023

In this week's Friday Five, learn how internal threat actors are finding success, the U.S. and allies are fighting foreign espionage campaigns, a new bill could fortify the U.S. cybersecurity workforce, and more.

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Securing Your Data, For Now and Forever

By Chris Brook on Tue, 08/22/2023

In this blog, we ask six data protection experts how modern organizations can protect their data now and in the future.

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Why Data Classification is the Perfect Complement to DLP

By Wade Barisoff on Mon, 07/31/2023

Data classification and DLP tools can certainly serve as standalone solutions, but when paired together, organizations can truly benefit from what the solutions have to offer.

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Friday Five: DDoS and USB Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Concerns, & More

By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 07/21/2023

A rise in cyberattacks’ volume and sophistication, lawmakers cracking down on privacy, the rising threats to critical infrastructure, and more. Catch up on these stories and more in this week’s Friday Five!

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Data Loss Prevention Policy Template: How To Create a Data Loss Prevention Policy

By Chris Brook on Tue, 05/30/2023

Implementing a DLP policy can help put safeguards around data in your organization. In this blog, we walk you through the steps to creating an effective DLP policy, including how to outline specifications around data classification, handling, and discovery.

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What is Information Lifecycle Management? ILM Explained

By Chris Brook on Thu, 05/25/2023

Data is the cornerstone of the digital economy, but its constant generation creates challenges for organizations. One such challenge is storing and managing the data securely throughout its lifecycle–namely–creation, storage, processing, archival, and disposition.

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PII Data Classification: 4 Best Practices

By Chris Brook on Thu, 01/19/2023

Getting personally identifiable information (PII) classification right is one of the first steps to having an effective data protection strategy. We break down four best practices in this blog.

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What is a Data Classification Matrix?

By Chris Brook on Mon, 12/12/2022

Having a data classification matrix, part of a comprehensive data classification policy, can help organizations better determine the risk level of data.

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What are Data Classification Levels?

By Chris Brook on Mon, 10/24/2022

How do you classify data in your organization? Conducting a data risk assessment and keeping compliance regulations top of mind are some of the first steps to helping an organization protect its data.

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Insider Threat: Definition & Examples

Tue, 12/28/2021

A recent report said that almost half of data breaches involve an insider element. In this blog we define what constitutes an insider threat and give you nearly 50 examples to help illustrate the threat further.

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CISA Rolls Out New Insider Threat Risk Assessment Tool

Thu, 09/30/2021

The tool, which is intended for both public and private sector organizations, can help companies better assess their vulnerability to insider threats.