Posts Tagged ‘Security’
Cyber Theft on the Rise
A new form of cyberattack is enabling its perpetrators to conduct espionage and steal data by using readily available software tools. This eliminates the need to deploy advanced malware. This interesting information came to us from ZDNet in their article, “Hackers are reusing free online tools as part of their cyberespionage campaigns.” Cyberattackers have been discovered…
Read MoreTaxonomies Assisting in Crime Solving
Researchers have created a taxonomy to assist forensic research on data stored in cloud apps on Android-based mobile devices. This interesting information came to us from The Stack in their article, “Data forensics for cloud storage applications.” The importance of data retrieval from phones and tablets is become increasing relevant to law enforcement officials, who must follow…
Read MoreManaging the Risk of Data Breach
The risk of a data breach keeps many an executive and IT professional up at night. During the past several years, the volume of digital content created and managed has grown exponentially. This content can contain highly sensitive items such as trade secrets, employee and client data, financial information, etc. Data breaches are now constantly in…
Read MoreMetadata Retention Standards
Metadata retention laws have been part of the discussion globally for quite awhile. There were concerns about privacy (or the loss of) and about processes being circumvented or completely hijacked by not going through legal processes that were supposed to be there to protect citizens. Australia has learned a hard lesson for the rest of…
Read MoreLatest Attempt in Cyber Warfare
Many major firms, airports and government departments in Ukraine have been struck by a massive cyber attack which spread across Europe this week. This interesting news came to us from The Telegraph in their article, “Petya cyber attack: Ransomware spreads across Europe with firms in Ukraine, Britain and Spain shut down.” Ukrainian government departments, the central…
Read MoreCloud Computing Provides Solutions
Since the dawn of cloud storage and computing, security concerns have been the biggest impediments. Now that cloud computing is more common, almost normal, do the concerns still exist? CSO Online brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Will the cloud be a safe haven for data in 2017?” Some professionals believe that the majority…
Read MoreProtecting Data
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a vital role in helping businesses prepare for future legislation. Cloud Pro brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Box wants to use AI to simplify data compliance.” The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation by which the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission intends…
Read MoreGoverning Data
Data governance is a term that is thrown around quite a bit. It is the process of quality control for data. Governance ensures that data that is entered and collected meets specific standards, integrity constraints, and the rules and regulations to which the organization is bound. This interesting information came to our attention by Formtek in their…
Read MoreThieves Are Knocking at the Door
Theft is on the rise. A few months ago Yahoo revealed they had been hacked in 2014 and over 500 million accounts were the victims of username and password theft. This is not new news, though the identity of the nefarious characters behind the hacking might be a bit of a surprise. This interesting news came to…
Read MoreProtecting Your Passwords
When life embraced the Internet a few decades ago, passwords were a necessary evil. We chose our pet’s name or birth date or some easy to remember piece of information to grant us access to our destination. However, times have changed and the ease for hackers to decode your passwords continues to increase. This interesting…
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