Launching a successful cybersecurity compliance program requires careful planning, a dedicated team, and a commitment to achieving industry certifications. Protegrity’s platform streamlines this process by providing centralized data protection tools, ensuring that organizations meet security compliance standards while simplifying risk management and audit preparation.

Since data breaches are becoming more common and online threats are always changing, strong encryption methods are needed to keep private data safe. NSA Suite B Encryption is one of these standards. It was made by the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide a group of safe cryptographic methods. These algorithms are very important for keeping private information safe in many areas, such as the government, the military, and the private industry.

Where are your credentials and secrets, and how are you protecting them? These are fair questions, considering the pervasiveness of secrets sprawl. We recently conducted research over 12 months to determine where enterprises’ secrets were residing within their systems, like GitHub, Confluence, Zendesk and Slack. In addition to API keys and passwords, secrets like SSL certificates, usernames and others are spilling into enterprises’ cloud environments and increasing the risk of a breach.

Data is the backbone of the financial services industry. Each transaction, interaction, and record hold sensitive information. This can be attacked by both internal and foreign attacks. In today’s highly regulated world, financial institutions must make considerable efforts to safeguard their data and comply with regulations such as GDPR, PCI DSS, SOX, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

In this digital age, enterprises in all industries are creating and accumulating an astronomical amount of sensitive data to store and exchange. Given a prevalence of highly sensitive data, preventing it from getting into the wrong hands or avoiding data loss by accident has become a top priority. While on surface data loss vs data leak can look harmless, it can lead to financial losses, reputational damages, and even trigger litigation.

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This week, the FBI announced it is investigating a classified data leak of U.S. intel on Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran. The top-secret documents were exposed on the Telegram messaging app, and it’s unclear if it was a leak or hack. The investigation will center on the Defense Department’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which manages the country’s network of spy satellites and anyone with access to the classified document.

When it comes to building a comprehensive data security strategy, everything hinges on finding and accurately classifying all your sensitive data. It seems security professionals have finally given up on legacy solutions that require extensive labeling and manual data mapping — and not a moment too soon. We're confident no one will mourn the passing of legacy solutions.

Those who work up close and personal with security compliance standards can always use another tool in their tool belt. So we won’t waste your time. Using this cheat sheet, you can quickly explore the ever-changing requirements and penalties for some of the most significant regulatory compliance standards across the globe. It’s difficult to keep up while meeting data compliance standards, which is why it’s crucial to have a resource for your efforts.

These days, your organization's data is its most valuable asset. But what happens when that data slips through your fingers? Picture this: It's Friday afternoon, and your security team receives an alert about an unusual number of downloads from your cloud storage app, Google Drive. As you investigate, you realize it's corporate IP that's being downloaded en masse by a departing employee. This type of exfiltration incident isn't just hypothetical; it's a reality that organizations face on the daily.