Quick question, were you born in the United States? Have you recently applied for a new copy of your birth certificate? Well, you could be one of...
Dec 13, 2019 l Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach
Over 750,000 Applications for Copies of US Birth Certificates Left Exposed Online
Dec 9, 2019 l Tokenization, Data Protection, Data Breach, PII
Domain Provider 'Network Solutions' Announces Data Breach
In a recent statement, the world’s first Internet domain name provider, Network Solutions, revealed that they were the target of a data breach....
Dec 3, 2019 l Data Security, Data Breach, PII
Rogue Staff Member at Leading Cybersecurity Company Leaks Customer Data
It's always an unfortunate occurrence when a company gets hit by a cyberattack. When a cybersecurity company gets breached, then the alarm bells...
Nov 20, 2019 l HIPAA, Compliance, Data-Centric Security, PII, Artificial Intelligence
How Artificial Intelligence will Affect Patient Data Protection
Following the successful introduction of Alexa’s healthcare services earlier this year, Amazon has announced that its AI, Textract, is now HIPAA...
Nov 15, 2019 l Tokenization, Data-Centric Security, Big Data, Data Analytics
Big Data Security Series Part 3: How to Run Analytics on Protected Data
In the past two posts we discussed how data is everywhere, but security isn’t and we explored the reasons why it’s so tough to protect BDA...
Nov 13, 2019 l PCI DSS, Data Security, News
comforte AG to Partner with PCI Security Standards Council to Help Secure Payment Data Worldwide
—As Council's Newest Participating Organization, comforte AG to Contribute to the Development of PCI Security Standards—
Wiesbaden, Germany,...
Nov 8, 2019 l Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach, CFO, cybersecurity
Why CFOs Must be Involved in Cybersecurity
Taking cybersecurity seriously is far from being exclusively an IT department issue. Given the impact that a breach can have on the whole company,...
Nov 1, 2019 l Compliance, Data-Centric Security, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, challenges, IoT
Big Data Security Series Part 2: How Hard is it to Secure Big Data?
Survey says: exceedingly difficult.
But why?
Years ago, on traditional databases you had complete control over how to implement and protect your...
Oct 29, 2019 l PCI, DataProtection, Tokenization, PCI DSS, DataPrivacy, digital payments, Data-Centric Security, out-of-scope
3 Benefits of Taking Data Out of PCI Audit Scope
Whether your company accepts payments at a store or restaurant, sells products or services through a website, or handles monthly payment billing,...