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Data security vs. network security: What should your business prioritize?

Many businesses that have allowed employees to continue working from home for the foreseeable future are aware that they need to update their cybersecurity. It’s likely that they have allocated some budget and IT resources to make those necessary changes. However, IT budgets are finite. Given the economic disruption of the pandemic, enterprises must strategically decide where to invest their cybersecurity budget most effectively.

Nightfall's Policy Engine Makes Creating Custom DLP Workflows Easy

We’re excited to announce a new feature of the Nightfall platform: the Nightfall policy engine. With the policy engine, security teams can now more granularly customize when and how PII, PHI, secrets/credentials, and other business-critical data are detected within their cloud environments. Read on to learn more about the policy engine and how you can make the most of it.

4 Reasons Why the OSI Model Still Matters

When it comes to security, practitioners have to keep a lot they need to keep top of mind. The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model provides the fundamentals needed to organize both technical issues and threats within a networking stack. Although information security is shifting to a cloud-first world, the OSI model still continues to prove its relevance. We’ll cover four key reasons why the OSI model still matters and how you can operationalize it in today’s world.

Innovation in clinical genomics starts with DLP for Boston Lighthouse

Boston Lighthouse Innovations is a start-up that offers a clinical genomics solution suite with processing and reporting workflows for patient diagnostics. The nine-person team grew out of Massachusetts General Hospital’s molecular pathology department, which uses genetic data to diagnose cancer.

Why Your Org Needs DLP for Slack: Promoting Everyday Cybersecurity

Managing the demands of a distributed workforce — especially across multiple time zones and countries — is difficult in the best of times. Now, in the time of the Coronavirus, security leaders are being asked to manage new productivity tools at unprecedented speeds while keeping data security top of mind. As more companies add Slack to their communications and productivity stacks, security policies are being tested in new ways.

How to Scan GitHub Repositories for Committed Secrets and other Code Snippets

In 2019, GitHub estimates that over 44 million repositories were created, and over 10 million new developers joined the platform. This comes as no surprise, as GitHub is the world’s largest host of source code. With that designation comes a substantial volume of committed code.

Nightfall helps modernize The Brain and Spine Clinic with DLP for Slack

Dr. Jacob Januszewski opened The Brain and Spine Clinic in January 2020 to serve his community in eastern Florida. Jacob combines his expertise in Minimally Invasive (MIS) Complex Spine Deformity surgery with patient care and compassion to help anyone who visits his clinic get the treatment they need and ensure a smooth recovery.

Staying safe in Slack: Blossom Bariatrics counts on Nightfall for HIPAA compliance

The bariatric surgery market is growing year over year in the United States, from 158,000 surgeries in 2011 to 252,000 surgeries in 2018. Over the last decade, weight loss surgery demand has increased, leading to a boom in the number of clinics offering these procedures. Blossom Bariatrics has become one of the premier bariatric surgery clinics in the Las Vegas area. They provide surgical treatment options for weight loss, plus hernia, gallbladder, and anti-reflux surgeries.