Unstructured data is data that cannot be processed and analyzed using conventional data tools and methods: qualitative data, such as customer feedback or social media posts are considered unstructured data. Unstructured data is particularly prevalent in the healthcare industry, where patient records, doctors’ notes, and other unstructured data can make upward of 80% of data within a healthcare organization.
Does the saying "compliance does not equal security" paint a holistic picture? Sure, the concept is genuine; meeting a single compliance standard will not directly improve security posture. However, after working with hundreds of organizations, we have learned there are key considerations that can help maximize the value and urgency of compliance requirements by channeling such efforts into more practical risk assessments.
Our activities around sponsoring Open Source are not just limited to projects we rely on; we have also been supporting those that are important to the general Cybersecurity ecosystem and beyond. We're in this for the long haul and the most recent set of projects covers a very wide scope. We want to help ensure that everyone has sustainable Open Source for many years to come. Let's tell you about these new projects and why you should be aware of them.
January’s update is a little late but it is only because we are really busy with lots of big things coming. One of things we are looking forward to in the near-term is a webinar with one of our oldest and most valued customers: Soteria - Security Solutions & Advisory Join us this Valentines Day as we recount cybersecurity’s greatest love story and explore how Soteria leveraged their expertise - and the LimaCharlie platform - to create a successful MDR/DFIR business.
Which cultural values empower businesses to thrive today? That's an open question, of course. But I suspect most employees, managers, and analysts would include items like collaboration, transparency, and creativity on the list of essential ingredients in business success. Indeed, you could argue that these values are at the core of a variety of modern organizational and technical innovations, from DevOps (which is all about collaboration) to open source software (which centers on collaboration and transparency) and the creator/maker movement (which is, of course, all about creativity).
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) entered the scene back in 2004 with the rise of payment fraud. Created by leaders in the credit card industry, PCI DSS was developed to provide a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect cardholder payment data and was commonly understood by those in the legacy security world.
