Data Protection
real-time agentless data protection
This post was originally published here by Nat Kausik. Yesterday, we hosted the IT architecture team from a large european financial institution. They contacted us a few weeks ago, and asked to visit. Was skeptical that they would actually show up, but they did. Since it was our annual SKO, much of the company […]
Establishing a data protection committee for boards
Guest post by Matthew Pascucci, Frontline Sentinel Within certain countries, especially in the European Union, there are certain data protection committee requirements to enforce the privacy and protection of a country’s or an organization’s data. In the United States while we don’t have comparable laws enforced, we believe it’s an idea we should still strive towards before it’s mandated […]
what’s so special about a CASB: part four
Discovery Beyond Shadow IT In Part 3 we learned about Bitglass’ unique capabilities that protect your data in real-time, end-to-end. While in-band security is critical, CASBs aim to provide comprehensive data protection, which includes out-of-band threats. Bitglass’ Breach Discovery solution goes a step beyond identifying Shadow IT apps by detecting all data exfiltration threats, including malware hosts, anonymizers, TOR networks […]
what’s so special about a CASB: part two
In Part 1, we saw the need for security systems to evolve in order to meet an ever growing trend of work and data going mobile and moving outside the corporate network. Between the emerging cloud application space and employees’ desire to use their own devices, a traditional firewall isn’t enough to ensure data security or data […]
what’s so special about a CASB: part one
How often do your employees or coworkers work from home? How about from Starbucks? Hotels? Airports? What devices are they using? Are they only checking email while on their phone, or are they working on sensitive documents as well? Do they happen to use personal tablets, laptops, or desktops? As I sit here writing this […]
Australian Red Cross Leaks Blood Donor Data
Eduard Kovacs wrote an interesting post about Australian Red Cross Leaks Blood Donor Data that I would like to share. “The Australian Red Cross Blood Service apologised on Friday to donors after one of its third-party service providers inadvertently made accessible a backup database containing the personal details of 550,000 individuals. The database was discovered on […]
