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The Foundations of Crypto Agility
The Foundations of Crypto Agility
The history of cryptography is a history of obsolescence. MD5 was once trusted. SHA-1 was once sufficient. RSA with 512-bit keys was once secure. Each of these fell — not... Read more...
Leveraging the Power of AI While Keeping Your Data Safe
Leveraging the Power of AI While Keeping Your Data Safe
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday business operations. Organizations are using AI to summarize information, analyze large data sets, identify trends, automate repetitive tasks and help teams work... Read more...
Is Your Data Secure With Encryption at Rest and in Transit?
Is Your Data Secure With Encryption at Rest and in Transit?
Many security assessments ask a familiar question: Is your data encrypted at rest and in transit? For many organizations, a “yes” can feel like a sign that sensitive data is... Read more...
Repository-Based Security vs. Data-Centric Security
Repository-Based Security vs. Data-Centric Security
Organizations store data in more places than ever. Files may live in SharePoint. Structured data may sit in SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake or other databases. Business records may be stored... Read more...
Data Security Platform: What It Means and Why It Matters
Data Security Platform: What It Means and Why It Matters
Organizations have no shortage of cybersecurity tools. Firewalls, endpoint protection, application security, identity systems, monitoring tools and data loss prevention solutions all play a role in reducing risk. But as... Read more...
What We Have Learned From the Payment Industry About Protecting Sensitive Data
What We Have Learned From the Payment Industry About Protecting Sensitive Data
Protecting sensitive data has become one of the most important priorities for modern organizations. Data breaches are costly, disruptive and damaging to customer trust. Yet many businesses still rely heavily... Read more...
Zero-Trust Mindset for Data Protection
Zero-Trust Mindset for Data Protection
Cybersecurity teams are facing a difficult reality: Organizations cannot patch what they do not yet know exists. A recent threat intelligence analysis from Mandiant, Google’s cybersecurity arm, found that 70%... Read more...
Data Loss Prevention vs. Data Security Platform
Data Loss Prevention vs. Data Security Platform
Organizations have more cybersecurity tools than ever, yet sensitive data continues to be exposed. For years, businesses have invested in perimeter security, host and system security, application security and data... Read more...
Lowe’s Data Breach Analysis: Why Credential Security Is Only Part of the Answer
Lowe’s Data Breach Analysis: Why Credential Security Is Only Part of the Answer
A recent Lowe’s data breach is another reminder that attackers do not always need to break through sophisticated defenses to expose sensitive information. Sometimes, they only need valid login credentials.... Read more...
USPTO Grants OnData Patent for Data Security Technology
USPTO Grants OnData Patent for Data Security Technology
OnData has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its data encryption and access management technology, a milestone that strengthens the company’s mission to help organizations... Read more...
New OnData Features Make It Even Easier to Protect Sensitive Data
New OnData Features Make It Even Easier to Protect Sensitive Data
Protecting sensitive data is becoming more complex. Organizations are no longer responsible only for structured data stored in databases. Sensitive information now lives across documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, shared folders, email... Read more...
Balancing Your Investment to Win the Cybersecurity Battle
Balancing Your Investment to Win the Cybersecurity Battle
Cybersecurity budgets are under pressure. Organizations are being asked to defend against ransomware, phishing, credential theft, insider threats, zero-day vulnerabilities and data breaches — often without a meaningful increase in... Read more...
Is Your Confidential Data Protected Even If Your Network Is Breached?
Is Your Confidential Data Protected Even If Your Network Is Breached?
For years, organizations have invested heavily in perimeter security. Firewalls, endpoint protection, network monitoring, identity management and application security remain essential parts of any cybersecurity strategy. But modern attacks continue... Read more...
Automating the Implementation of Data Security Best Practices
Automating the Implementation of Data Security Best Practices
Threats to data security are no longer limited to outside attackers trying to break through the perimeter. Today, organizations face ransomware attacks, insider threats, credential compromise, accidental misuse, misconfigured permissions... Read more...
Sharing Data Intelligence Without Sharing Sensitive Data
Sharing Data Intelligence Without Sharing Sensitive Data
Business intelligence has become essential to how organizations make decisions. Leaders rely on data to understand customers, identify trends, improve operations and guide strategy. But the same data that creates... Read more...
What If You Did Not Need Walls and Moats Around Your Data?
What If You Did Not Need Walls and Moats Around Your Data?
For decades, organizations have protected sensitive data by building stronger walls around it. Firewalls, network segmentation, demilitarized zones and perimeter-based security tools have all played an important role in defending... Read more...
Protecting Confidential Data: Lessons From the Payment Card Industry
Protecting Confidential Data: Lessons From the Payment Card Industry
The payment card industry has spent decades fighting one of the most persistent problems in data security: how to protect valuable information even when it moves across complex systems. For... Read more...
Using Encryption to Protect Data in Your BI/DW Environment
Using Encryption to Protect Data in Your BI/DW Environment
Organizations are moving more data than ever from transactional systems and source environments into business intelligence and data warehouse environments. That shift creates major opportunities. Business intelligence and data warehouse,... Read more...
Using Encryption to Make Testing Large Systems More Efficient
Using Encryption to Make Testing Large Systems More Efficient
Software development teams are under constant pressure to deliver faster, safer and more reliable applications. For large systems, that pressure is even greater. Enterprise applications often support complex business rules,... Read more...
Why Data Governance Is Now a Security Imperative
Why Data Governance Is Now a Security Imperative
Data governance is no longer just a back-office process. As sensitive data moves across cloud platforms, applications and AI workflows, organizations need a stronger way to manage access, enforce policies... Read more...
Transforming to a Need-to-Know Data Environment
Transforming to a Need-to-Know Data Environment
Transforming to a Need-to-Know Data Environment Cybersecurity has changed. Organizations can no longer focus only on keeping attackers out. They also have to ask a harder question: What happens if... Read more...