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Securing Healthcare Data in the Cloud: Navigating Challenges and Best Practices

Jan 2, 2025 By Protegrity In Protegrity
Attributed to Michael Pride, Senior Sales Director – APAC, Protegrity In recent years, Australia’s healthcare sector has faced significant challenges regarding data privacy. With high-profile breaches exposing sensitive patient information, the responsibility for safeguarding this data has shifted from individuals to organisations.
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The 12 Best Data Loss Prevention Software Solutions of 2025 and 50+ FAQs Answered

Jan 2, 2025 By Lindsey Watts In Nightfall
Data breaches cost companies an average of more than $4 million per incident—and that’s before considering the reputational fallout. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools have become indispensable for safeguarding sensitive data, especially as organizations embrace hybrid, remote, and cloud-first operations. Once limited to rules-based data classification, modern DLP has evolved into a powerful fusion of AI-driven classification and AI-based data lineage.
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The 7 Most Telling Data Breaches of 2024

Dec 31, 2024 By Lindsey Watts In Nightfall
While cyber criminals continue to devise ever more creative ways to get into systems, the outcomes of repeat like a broken record: stolen data and lost money. It happened in again and again this year, but our pick proves the stakes are only getting higher with time. We'll explain the logic behind the list, impacts felt, and key takeaways.
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cyberint

Cisco Data Leak: The Facts on the Ground

Dec 25, 2024 By Adi Bleih In Cyberint
On October 14th, prior to the data leak on December 16th, a threat actor known as IntelBroker announced on BreachForums that he was offering a Cisco breach for sale. As is typical for his operations, he provided samples and credited another well-known collaborator, EnergyWeaponUser. The price for the breach was not specified and was to be negotiated privately, with payments accepted exclusively in XMR cryptocurrency.
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securitysenses

IP Leak Test Guide: How to Ensure Your Privacy Online for Free

Dec 25, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Your IP address is like a digital home address-it tells websites, services, and even hackers where to find you. But what happens if your IP address gets exposed, even when you think it's hidden behind a VPN? This is called an IP leak, and it can compromise your privacy without you even knowing. The good news? You can easily perform an IP leak test to ensure your online activities stay private. And the best part? It doesn't cost a dime. In this guide, we'll walk you through what an IP leak is, how to test for leaks, and how to secure your IP address-all using free tools.
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lookout

5 Essential Holiday Cybersecurity Tips for Enterprises

Dec 23, 2024 By Lookout In Lookout
While many businesses wind down during the holiday season, cyber criminals ramp up their efforts instead. E-commerce sites are obvious targets, but threat actors target cloud services providers, financial institutions, and social media networks just as often — if not more — during the holidays. Whatever your organization does, you’ll want to follow a few holiday cybersecurity tips to safeguard your sensitive data and protect your staff as the year comes to a close.
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protecto

Healthcare Data Masking: Tokenization, HIPAA, and More

Dec 22, 2024 By Amar Kanagaraj In Protecto
Healthcare data masking unlocks the incredible potential of healthcare data for analytics and AI applications. The insights from healthcare data can revolutionize the industry from improving patient care to streamlining operations. However, the use of such data is fraught with risk. In the United States, Protected Health Information (PHI) is regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which sets stringent requirements to safeguard patient privacy.
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Feroot

Is Your Company's Website Compromising Customer Data?

Dec 21, 2024 By Feroot In Feroot
If you are a security, compliance, and privacy professional, it’s time to focus on an often-ignored issue—client-side security. While many organizations dedicate significant resources to protecting their servers, there’s a critical question to consider: are you also safeguarding what’s happening on your users’ browsers?
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cyjax

Cybercriminals targeting the legal sector

Dec 19, 2024 By Cymon In CYJAX
Cybercrime targeting law firms has surged by 77% in the past year, raising significant concerns for the legal sector. The frequency, nature, and motivations of these attacks are evolving, putting law firms in a vulnerable position. Due to the sensitive nature of their data and high stakes, law firms are frequent targets for financially motivated cybercriminals, hacktivists, and even state-sponsored groups.
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netskope

Don't Choose Between DSPM and DLP: Here's Why You Need Both

Dec 18, 2024 By David Mundy In Netskope
As security leaders, you’re tasked with protecting the crown jewels of our organizations, your data, while balancing innovation, compliance, and ever-evolving threats. Yet, too often, data security strategies rely on isolated tools and reactive measures, leaving critical gaps.
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