Calculate risk of a data breach in under 2 minutes
tl;dr To calculate the risk of a PII data breach multiple .1385 times $240 times the number of individuals affected by the breach (.1385 x $240 x n) Data breaches are here to stay and becoming more...
View ArticleCipherPoint is now part of Covata
August 16, 2017 – The CipherPoint team is pleased to announce that we have entered into a binding agreement to be acquired by Covata Limited (ASX: CVT). You can read the full announcement but below is...
View ArticleHR Security
According to its website, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “manages the civil service of the federal government, coordinates recruiting of new government employees, and manages their health...
View ArticleUnstructured Data and GDPR
By now you’ve heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new European Union privacy regulation. The goal of GDPR is to protect the privacy of personal data given the rapidly...
View ArticleThe Vocabulary of Risk
We find ourselves doing it all the time – using the word “risk” as a catchall for everything related to data breaches. As board-level discussions about data security become increasingly common, it’s...
View ArticlePerimeter Security by any other Name
The manner in which enterprises conduct business has changed drastically over the past two decades but approaches to security have not. During the advent of e-commerce, businesses focused on network...
View ArticleA Closer Look at NIST 800-171
If you are reading this blog, you probably already know that NIST 800-171 is the requirements document titled, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and...
View ArticleGDPR makes HIPAA and PCI fines look cute
If you think fines for non-compliance with HIPAA or PCI DSS are scary, GDPR will really blow your mind. Non-compliance with the GDPR can result in fines of up to €20MM or 4% of annual revenues,...
View Article5 Security Best Practices for Unstructured Data
There are two kinds of digital data: structured data and unstructured. By volume, the vast majority of all stored digital information is unstructured. Businesses find it incredibly difficult to secure...
View ArticleThree best practices for data discovery
Data discovery and automated data classification are incredibly important to businesses, especially as upcoming regulations like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Australia’s...
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