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There are risks associated with providing your confidential information online, but it’s necessary in a modern world that requires Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to create accounts, purchase goods online, complete your taxes or receive a paycheck. Your data could become vulnerable through no fault of your own. Data breaches are common, and your account information could get leaked. If your data is intercepted by threat actors, it could be sold to cybercriminals on the dark web.

Welcome to the era of data domination! Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data flood the digital landscape, estimates Forbes, with a whopping 90% of data created in just the last two years. While this growth presents many opportunities for organizations, it also introduces many challenges. That’s where data governance comes in. It’s a critical practice for businesses trying to navigate data management and data security.

In 2023, the EU General Court overruled the European Data Protection Supervisor and ruled that pseudonymized data will not be classified as personal data under the of EU data protection law when transferred to a recipient who is unable to identify individuals. Businesses are now taking a closer look at their data anonymization processes, as well as the opportunities this new ruling may offer when transferring and accessing data across borders..

CircleCI is a platform that enables continuous integration and delivery of software projects. It allows teams to automate their software development process by building, testing, and deploying their code changes in a consistent and reliable manner. In this blog post, we will explore the Tactics/Techniques/Procedures (TTP) of how environment variables that house sensitive credentials and secrets can be exfiltrated using Circle CI.

In a ruling made on April 26, 2023, the General Court of the European Union (EU) made a groundbreaking decision changing the definition of personal data that has been in place since the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This ruling has significant data-sharing implications for organizations within the EU and enables them to share data with third parties more easily, as long as it’s appropriately de-identified.

A new study found that ChatGPT can accurately recall any sensitive information fed to it as part of a query at a later date without controls in place to protect who can retrieve it. The frenzy to take advantage of ChatGPT and other AI platforms like it has likely caused some to feed it plenty of corporate data in an effort to have the AI process and provide insightful output based on the queries received.

In today’s rapidly digitizing world, the importance of data security has become paramount. With the increasing amount of sensitive information being shared and stored online, securing information from cyber attacks, information breaches, and theft has become a top priority for companies of all sizes. Data loss prevention (DLP) is a critical part of the Netskope Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE) security platform, providing best-in-class data security to our customers.

While it might seem initially abstract, sustainability and data security are symbiotic. Allow me to explain. Regardless of the action or industry, critical data touches everything. Whether data is being used in pharmaceutical research, financial records, or intellectual property, securing it is the common imperative. This is especially true as it moves through various access points, the cloud, applications, the web, and various other transactions.