Is There a Sure Fire Way to Restrict Access to Employee PII?

I recently wrote an article about protecting confidential data that flows through the HR department. This is an area that many people forget when thinking about the most sensitive information in an organization. Everyone thinks about the obvious, like maintaining information about current employees. But there are many other pieces of sensitive data flowing through HR. Resumes and personal information about potential employees come into the HR department as managers post job requisitions. In...

I recently wrote an article about protecting confidential data that flows through the HR department. This is an area that many people forget when...

The month of October was very busy for Fasoo as we were all over the US talking to people about data-centric security and how it is the best solution to protect your sensitive information from insider threats and external hackers (APTs). We started the month by attending the Rochester Security Summit in Rochester, NY. This two-day event brought together executives and technical staff from numerous organizations in the Rochester area to share intelligence on...

The month of October was very busy for Fasoo as we were all over the US talking to people about data-centric security and how...

In a recent article regarding the top six data breach trends of 2015, we should expect more breaches in the healthcare industry, legal and regulatory pressure will increase on CEOs and boards, despite headlines involving breaches by hackers and foreign countries disgruntled or negligent employees will be companies’ biggest security threats, hackers increasingly will target data stored in the cloud, credit card breaches will rise over the next few months and the Internet of...

In a recent article regarding the top six data breach trends of 2015, we should expect more breaches in the healthcare industry, legal and...

It is no doubt that 2015 is on record pace for the number of data breaches compared to previous years. However, typically we would assume that these data breaches would happen in such industries as healthcare, finance, retail or the government. We would have never thought that this would enter the area of professional sports teams. Now we know it is happening inside America’s favorite pastime, baseball, and it’s reaching national and worldwide headlines....

It is no doubt that 2015 is on record pace for the number of data breaches compared to previous years. However, typically we would...

HR departments have a unique set of security challenges to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of internal staff and external clients. While maintaining the confidentiality of personally identifiable information (PII), they also develop and share information that needs wide distribution. Managing these somewhat contradictory requirements requires an approach that is flexible enough to protect against insider threats, while enabling secure sharing. IT Business Edge has published the slideshow, “Data Protection: Five Challenges Facing the...

HR departments have a unique set of security challenges to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of internal staff and external clients. While maintaining the...

Connecticut is taking the next step in guaranteeing that customer data is secure. Therefore, if companies want to do business in this state, they will have to make sure that all personal data that is stored and transmitted is encrypted. In addition this soon to be law would require business to enable stronger password protections and control how much personal identifying information can be downloaded at one time, to help mitigate damage in the...

Connecticut is taking the next step in guaranteeing that customer data is secure. Therefore, if companies want to do business in this state, they...

The answer? Data Protection! Although compliance has always topped data breach protection, this year, preventing data breaches and protecting intellectual property are all considered more important in driving data protection. However, it is both of these together that makes a data breach protection solution so robust. Meeting and demonstrating compliance is the start to a more secure organization. Last year in particular with the spike in data breaches caused by the theft or loss...

The answer? Data Protection! Although compliance has always topped data breach protection, this year, preventing data breaches and protecting intellectual property are all considered...

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