This is a data-driven era. Every day tons of data are generated and it is a herculean task to manually provide security to all the data that is produced. Large enterprises generate huge amounts of data that are maintained by ERP systems like SAP. Transactions with third-party vendors and partners happen almost every day with lots of data being exchanged.

All companies are moving towards a digital landscape. Developments in the design and manufacturing industry have expanded the innovation of p roducts as digital collaborations are increasingly enabled from concept generation to product realization and after-market. These collaborations expand beyond the enterprise and national boundaries, leading to growing concern about the security of their sensitive information such as Intellectual Property (IP) and trade secrets.

As organizations became increasingly interconnected globally, every business started adapting to the digital model for all their transactions, fearing that otherwise they would be left behind in the race. Unfortunately, this has turned out to be a catch-22 as threats to cybersecurity are continually increasing. The rise in attacks was partly due to Log4j that helped to boost the cyberattack attempts to an all-time high in Q4 2021.

In September 2021, the Indian Markets Regulator, Security, and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) banned an employee of an Indian MNC headquartered in Bangalore and his counterpart, an employee of a leading Global information technology company from trading in stock exchanges till further orders. An impounding of illegal proceeds of 2.62 crore rupees were generated through insider trading activities. This is just an example of insider trading.

Cybersecurity is more important than ever before, with the number of corporate breaches increasing dramatically since 2020. In response to recent spikes in threats, many companies are working to create a more cybersecurity-focused employee base. The most effective way to do this is through a top-down, widespread shift in company culture, which places security among the top values.

20th August 2021, dawned a new era for China’s cybersecurity with the passing of China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) which is the first comprehensive legal attempt to define personal information and regulate its storing, transferring, and processing.

Right now, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Major changes to how we work and live — like the pivot to remote work or the growing use of IoT (internet of things) devices — have created new cybersecurity vulnerabilities and challenges. Businesses will need new strategies to respond to the changing cybersecurity threat landscape. These cybersecurity trends are likely to show where the field is moving in 2022 and how businesses should prepare.

On Nov. 24th 2021 a severe security vulnerability, called “Log4Shell”, has been reported in the JAVA framework “Log4J” 2.x which is widely used for event logging in JAVA applications worldwide. The vulnerability allows cyber-attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting it into a logging process implemented in Log4J. The “Log4Shell” vulnerability allows complete server takeover by the attackers.

LUCERNE, DECEMBER 2021: SECUDE, a leading Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions provider, and Microsoft Partner, is celebrating the 25th year of innovation and delivery of excellence to its customers. SECUDE is looking back proudly at the many milestones in its history of shaping the data security industry.

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