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7 data leak prevention tips for 2021

A news feed isn't complete if it isn't peppered with data breach news. Every day prestigious businesses are falling victim to a pernicious threat expected to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. The key to overturning the formidable upward data breach trend is to prevent the events that could potentially develop into data breaches. All data leaks need to be identified and remediated before they are discovered by cybercriminals.

Sensitive Data and Examples | GDPR Personal Data

This is your go-to reference for examples of sensitive data, definition and GDPR personal data including how to identify, classify and protect sensitive data. Highlights It is now easy to access information relating to an individual from the north pole to the south pole with a fast-moving world. You have ever wondered how your personal information is protected or even handled?

CISO Insider S1E5 - "There's no one way to be a CISO" with Ross Young

At Nightfall, we believe in the power of learning from those who have done it before. That’s why we created CISO Insider — a podcast interview series that features CISOs and security executives with a broad set of backgrounds, from hyper-growth startups to established enterprises. Through these interviews, we’ll learn how industry experts overcame obstacles, navigated their infosec careers, and created an impact in their organizations.

Cloud DLP and Regulatory Compliance: 3 Things You Must Know

It’s well-established that a data breach is an extremely costly event. By some estimates, a data leak can cost a small to medium-sized business more than $7.68 million per incident. Compliance regimes may seem burdensome, but the goal of these policies is to prevent a devastating data breach that can bankrupt a business and cause myriad problems for consumers.

Looking ahead to infosec's biggest challenges in 2021

The Nightfall blog is a resource for information security professionals to learn more about the challenges we face in the industry. Every week, Nightfall publishes news and insights from the world of cloud security to help you stay current with the cybersecurity world and better prepare for threats before they become serious problems. In January, we hosted two additional infosec leaders on the CISO Insider podcast: Compass CISO J.J. Agha and LifeOmic Chief Legal Officer Lisa Hawke.

How to Create a Cloud Security Framework

Protecting your valuable information is a multifaceted process that requires a layering of tools, policies, and approaches to ensure proper data loss prevention. In addition to having a range of network, endpoint and cloud DLP tools in place, businesses need a strong foundation of policies, guiding principles, and rules underpinning the approach to data security. A cloud security framework is part of this holistic approach to protecting your information in the cloud.

The Economics of Data Loss Prevention

In 2017, The Economist announced that the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil – it’s data. Since the phrase “big data” was coined in the 1990s, data has become increasingly important to virtually every aspect of running a business – not to mention how we conduct our daily lives. It’s no surprise that some of the most valuable companies are also those that capture the most user data. Take Facebook, for instance.

Rubrik Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Backup & Recovery Solutions

At Rubrik, every new feature and innovation is developed through our customers’ lens. We are always looking for new ways to work with our customers to truly understand their deepest data management pain points and business objectives. Nothing brings us more joy than hearing that Rubrik brings our customers peace of mind and new value from their backup data.

CISO Insider S1E4 - Change management and risk triage with Lisa Hawke

At Nightfall, we believe in the power of learning from those who have done it before. That’s why we created CISO Insider — a podcast interview series that features CISOs and security executives with a broad set of backgrounds, from hyper-growth startups to established enterprises. Through these interviews, we’ll learn how industry experts overcame obstacles, navigated their infosec careers, and created an impact in their organizations.

Be Ready for Anything with VMware Cloud on AWS

If the pandemic, catastrophic wildfires, record-setting hurricane season, and “murder hornets” of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s to be prepared for any situation. In business, the motto is “hope for the best, plan for the worst.” Should some sort of disaster – cyber or otherwise – strike, organizations need to be prepared to maintain business as usual with a strong disaster recovery plan in place.