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Macs in the Enterprise: How to Secure Data at Rest

October 26, 2020May 12, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Macs in the enterprise

Data at rest refers to all data stored on devices that are not transferred from network to network or device to device. It includes data saved locally on computer hard drives, archived in databases, file systems, and storage…

The Cost of a Data Breach in 2020

October 16, 2020April 5, 2021 Data Loss Prevention

The global average cost of a data breach decreased slightly in 2020, reaching $3.86 million/breach, down 1.5% from 2019, according to the Cost of a Data Breach report 2020 released by IBM and the Ponemon Institute. Companies…

How Does Encryption Help to Protect Business Data

October 12, 2020September 2, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Encryption

Protecting sensitive data has become a requirement for most organizations around the world as data breaches have become increasingly common, and legislation spearheaded by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation…

Brazil’s LGPD is now in effect

October 2, 2020August 26, 2021 Compliance

In a surprising turn of events, Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), Latin America’s first major data protection law, went into effect this month after hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic would push the introduction…

What is Deep Packet Inspection? How it Works and Why It Is Important

September 25, 2020March 25, 2022 Data Loss Prevention

Every piece of digital information, whether it’s emails, accessed websites, or messages sent via apps, is transmitted over the internet in small bundles of data known as packets. These packets contain not only the information…

How Endpoint Protector Keeps Data Secure on DaaS Platforms

September 18, 2020January 6, 2021 Data Loss Prevention Work From Home

The COVID-19 pandemic took many organizations by surprise. Faced with the need to quickly scale-up their remote work capabilities in a cost-effective way without compromising security and performance, many companies…

What are the Privacy Challenges of Cloud Computing?

September 14, 2020March 24, 2022 Data Loss Prevention

Cloud services have become an integral part of business operations. In an increasingly interconnected world, they support real-time collaboration, access to files, and the use of applications from anywhere, as long as…

Endpoints, the New Data Security Frontier in the age of WFH

September 7, 2020December 1, 2023 Data Security

In the last decades, digitalization efforts have forced businesses to build increasingly complex systems to manage the mounting number of computers and devices operating on office premises. These company networks have,…

Macs in the Enterprise: How to Secure Data in Motion

August 28, 2020December 11, 2020 Macs in the enterprise

Data in motion, or data in transit, is data moving from one location to another, whether it’s between computers, virtual machines, from an endpoint to cloud services or through a private network and across untrusted internet…

Healthcare Data Security Concerns and How to Solve Them

August 25, 2020December 1, 2023 Data Security

Health information is among the most sensitive categories of data. Collected in high volume and stored in systems that are often vulnerable, health data has become an attractive target for malicious outsiders. The rise…

Securing Data on macOS while Working from Home

August 14, 2020May 12, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Macs in the enterprise Work From Home

In the last two decades, Macs gradually entered the workplace, first as a specialized tool for creatives and, increasingly, as a device of choice in the enterprise. Its rise owes much to the introduction of policies that allowed…

Securing Data at Rest with DLP Content Discovery

July 31, 2020June 27, 2022 Data Loss Prevention

With digitalization efforts ramping up over the course of the last decade, most companies nowadays collect and use data on a daily basis. Ranging from sensitive information of employees and customers such as Personally…

Protecting Intellectual Property with Data Loss Prevention

July 24, 2020June 27, 2022 Data Loss Prevention

When talking about data protection, there is an increasing tendency to refer to personally identifiable information (PII), protected under the new wave of data protection legislation such as the California Consumer Privacy…

Defending Sensitive Data on macOS with Endpoint Protector

July 17, 2020May 11, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Macs in the enterprise

In the last decade, Macs have gradually made their way into the workplace. Long the computer of choice in specialized fields such as design and media, their numbers rose with the implementation of Bring-Your-Own-Device…

All You Need to Know about CMMC Compliance

July 10, 2020December 8, 2020 Compliance

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new framework for protecting Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for all contractors or subcontractors of the United…

Data Governance in the Age of the Home Office

July 3, 2020November 2, 2023 Data Loss Prevention Encryption Work From Home

The COVID-19 pandemic took many businesses by surprise. Companies that were vehemently opposed to remote work because of security and compliance concerns have found themselves forced to reconsider their stance at an alarmingly…

How Endpoint Protector Helps Law Firms

June 26, 2020September 2, 2022 Device Control

Law firms regularly collect and use highly sensitive data as part of the services they offer individuals and companies. Because they are not part of a highly regulated sector like health or finance, they are known to invest…

KEXTless DLP for macOS Big Sur

June 18, 2020June 25, 2020 Data Loss Prevention Macs in the enterprise

As we head into Apple’s 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), taking place 22 – 26 June online free of charge this year, excitement is mounting over the rollout of macOS Catalina 10.15.4 which will begin the deprecation…

6 Data Security Tips for Enterprises

June 11, 2020December 1, 2023 Data Security

In the last decade, as digitalization efforts swept all sectors, data, and sensitive data, in particular, have become an increasingly valuable commodity, attracting the attention of both cybercriminals and legislators.…

The Importance of Data Loss Prevention for the Mid-Market

May 29, 2020April 5, 2021 Data Loss Prevention

Mid-market companies underpin many of the world’s leading economies. In Germany, they account for the largest share of the country’s economic output and employ 60% of all workers. In the US, they have almost double the annual…

Why You Need DLP for Your Risk Assessment

May 27, 2020October 27, 2023 Data Loss Prevention

Risk assessments have become an essential part of compliance efforts with data protection legislation around the world. They are explicitly mandatory in the case of some regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection…

Credit Unions: How DLP Helps Secure Their Data

May 15, 2020May 11, 2022 Banking & Financial Institutions Compliance Data Loss Prevention

As a financial institution, credit unions regularly collect, process, and store the personal and financial information of their customers. This type of sensitive data is protected under laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley…

The Importance of PII Scanning

May 8, 2020June 27, 2022 Data Loss Prevention

Most companies nowadays collect, use, and store Personally Identifiable Information (PII). All companies need to do it for employees as part of legal requirements and, depending on the sector, they also collect PII for…

All You Need to Know About Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK)

April 30, 2020July 22, 2023 Compliance

Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 or Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kanunu (KVKK) came into force on 7 April 2016, just weeks before the EU passed its groundbreaking General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The…