data protection

A collection of 58 posts

Governance

Data Governance for Enterprises: Important Principles for Value Generation

Given that Data Governance has emerged as one of the top priorities for organizations across the globe, these days, it's important to handle data consistently to support business outcomes.

tips

17 Tips to Avoid Shopping Scams on Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Many people prefer shopping online these days rather than going to a conventional store. Therefore, securing the data of your customers online is an integral part of protecting the organisation as a whole. Your job is to let them shop with some of the best online shopping tips with confidence.

customer data

Top Five Customer Data Management And Security Challenges

Business ventures concentrating on data first technique can altogether increase auxiliary income, cut expenses and accomplish faithfulness from their top customers.

cyber security

Data Localization Is Now a Big Part of Doing Business Globally

As the world transitions to a data-driven society, privacy seems set to play an even more important role than it already does.

IAM

Identity and access management challenges in the contemporary IoT ecosystem

What are the challenges businesses face related to identity management in IoT

data protection

Juice Jacking: Is it a Real Threat?

Lots of people can relate to their phone running out of battery when outdoors. Thus, the development of public charging stations was a perfect solution for this. However, the threat of 'juice jacking' has recently been raised, prompting some to worry whether it is wise to use public

PII

3 Things You Should Do to Protect Your Consumers’ PII in a Contactless World

A lack of a reliable solution and an ever-increasing reliance on the internet has created a tremendous and ongoing threat to everyone. So, how do you protect the sanctity of your consumers’ PII?

digital transformation

9 Ransomware Prevention Tips And Best Practices for 2021

An ignorant act as simple as clicking on a phishing link could put your important business or personal data at risk of being lost forever

security

Secure Your Move to the Cloud: A Roadmap to Accelerate Adoption

Implementing security procedures that emphasize potential dangers in cloud services can help you secure sensitive information and decrease threat risk.

CIAM

Why IAM Architects Prescribe Enterprise Application Security

Since the wave of digitization is sweeping businesses, managing an enterprise has become a much easier task. Enterprises now utilize applications or software like Customer Relationship Management or CRM, project management applications, ERP, and more to carry out several business-critical tasks. However, the widespread use of these applications may also

zero trust

Why are enterprises transitioning from MFA to zero trust security?

Why enterprises should consider zero trust security when it comes to their data privacy & security.

Best Practices

Maintaining Quality Data Security Practices

Data security is important for businesses today, more than it ever was. By definition, data security is the practice of protecting digital information from unauthorised access, cyber corruption or theft.

phishing

Curating a Framework To Defend Against Phishing Attacks

Many businesses are facing challenges in dealing with phishing attacks. Here’s an insightful read to defend against phishing attacks and improve your business.

cloud

How To Protect Your Data In A Multi-Cloud Environment

Operating in a multi-cloud environment is rapidly becoming the norm for most companies. In 2018, research from the IBM Institute for Business Value [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/cloud-computing/2018/10/19/survey-multicloud-management-tools/#:~:text=New%20research%20published%20this%20week,to%20use%20multiple%20hybrid%20clouds.] found that 85% of companies were

cyber security

How businesses are making way for zero trust

The companies used to work on a castle-and-moat defense principle in the past. By default, everyone within the network is regarded as a trusted source. Traditionally, the companies used to work on a castle-and-moat security principle. In this model, obtaining access to the application from outside the network is not

trends

Top 10 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021 That SMBs Must Know

Targeted phishing attacks are one of the leading cybersecurity threats that SMBs should prepare to encounter this year. Also, data breaches in the healthcare sector peaked in 2020 and are expected to continue in the future.

security

7 Common Web Application Security Threats

To ensure adequate safety against web application security threats, businesses should incorporate security consideration in the applications' development phase. Unfortunately, most developers tend to hold it off until the end.

cybersecurity

Do Cybercriminals Already Have Access To Your Email?

Cybercriminals often make use of email-based attack campaigns to target all kinds of organizations. They use mail servers, choking spam, and scam emails loaded with malicious software developed to interrupt business procedures. Despite being generally aware of some methods to spotting spoofed emails, many professionals still fail to detect these

cyberattacks

What is Formjacking

Formjacking attacks are designed and executed by cybercriminals to steal financial and banking details from payment forms that can be captured directly on the checkout pages from eCommerce websites. Find out more about how this practice can affect your business and how to prevent it.

cyberattacks

How To Secure Your Contact Form From Bot Attacks

It is no surprise that the contact form attracts a lot of bot attacks. Hackers not only create false traffic, but also result in malicious attacks on websites. The objective of this blog is to help you to secure contact form from random audacious attacks.

authentication

Login Security: 7 Best Practice to Keep Your Online Accounts Secure

In reality, there are so many mistakes that can make your account vulnerable to cyber attacks. Hackers can read your email, steal money out of your bank account, or sell your data in the dark web. Therefore you need to eliminate as many vulnerabilities as possible to keep your login safe.

cyber security

9 Data Security Best Practices For 2021

Confining data security best practices to the organization's size never helped in the past, nor will it work in the future. What cybercriminals gain is what consumers lose, and those losses add up.

privacy

Safe Data Act: A New Privacy Law in the Town

The Safe Data Act follows the footsteps of the 2019 draught, but makes a few major changes to the threats of people in the United States to privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance.

digital identity

Is blockchain going to secure your digital identity?

> Let's talk about the current scope of blockchain and how it helps in securing digital identities for companies. Blockchain technology provides several benefits to individuals, organizations, and IT systems. This is because it is a decentralized, interoperable, and immutable information infrastructure that isn’t easy to hack

phishing

Prepare to defend: Why combating phishing attacks requires a proactive approach

Whether you are a small enterprise, a large corporation, or something in between, phishing is one of the most damaging and vicious threats that you have to prepare for. It is so serious that security analysts predict it will be their topmost [https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/12/09/cybersecurity-predictions-2020/