Why Is Data Classification Important?
Why Is Data Classification Important? Data Classification is not an entirely new concept. The military have been using Data Classification for decades. The ability to deliver a solution into the commercial space was particularly challenging back then. No single solution could really cut the mustard and cover all of the complexities, quirks and demands […]
Manage Your Data From Cradle to Grave
Data is a living, breathing thing. Don’t let it get out of control. Commercial data has a life of its own. Left unchecked, it will spread organically throughout your company via emails and shared network files. That represents a serious problem for directors, who could find themselves on the hook for mismanaged company information. This […]
To Secure Banking Data, Map Out Its Journey In Advance
When it comes to stealing data, thieves often look to the finance industry for rich pickings. Banks must think differently about how they manage their data to reduce the risk of it falling into the wrong hands. By analysing a data record’s journey through the organization, financial institutions can govern and protect it along the […]
Taming the Cloud: Cloud Data Protection for the Modern Business
Use of the cloud for the storing and access of data has fast become mandatory, particularly for companies experiencing growth. SMEs across the globe find themselves facing the same challenges; how do we secure our data, and how can we avoid our company from becoming the next infamous news headline? It’s easy to see why […]
Control Your Data By Plumbing It Properly
Your data flows like water. Treat it with respect to avoid drowning in it. Data is like water. Let it flow unmanaged through your organization and it will flood every available places, finding its way onto unauthorized hard drives, printed paper and insecure Gmail accounts, eroding your cybersecurity in the process. You can bank on […]
Don’t React to Ransomware, Prevent It!
Picture the scene, you’ve just got back from your holiday and downloaded all of your photos to your laptop and deleted them from your camera. You go to run the slideshow in front of the family audience and BOOM, up pops that message “Your files have been encrypted, pay the ransom using bitcoin to blah […]
The Importance of Identity Access Management Training
With data increasing every year in both scale and importance to critical business functions, now more than ever is the time for investment in effective data protection. This requirement extends past simple software, however; staff training and secure practices and procedures are vital. Identity access management training provides one of the solutions. Companies aren’t doing […]
Why Improving Cyber Security Awareness Isn’t Enough
Every day we hear in the news that there has been a new Cyber Security threat. Every day another big brand brings us news of the latest and biggest attack by Cyber Criminals. But why and how are these types of attacks still happening? Companies are investing billions of pounds in new technology and state […]
Data Classification Solutions: Four Points to Consider When Choosing a Provider
In a world where security breaches are a very real threat to business interests, organisations are actively deploying teams of people to source and manage solutions that protect, detect and respond to threats as they happen. Data classification is broadly defined as the process of labelling data by its sensitivity; a process which makes it […]
2 Key Benefits of an Identity & Access Management Solution
In the data security industry, organisations can never sit still. From the startling revelation that a data breach exposed the personal details of 6 million customers at mobile network Three, to the news that 500 million Yahoo users had their accounts breached two years’ prior, cyber hacking scandal continues to wreak havoc for thousands of […]