Why do you need a Zero Trust Data Security Platform?

Zero Trust is a major trend in 2022 and one that affects public and private sector organizations alike. Last year when the Biden administration in the US issued its Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, zero trust was a major component of this initiative. Organizations implement traditional perimeter-based security strategies on the assumption that the perimeter is secure inside. Zero trust assumes that no person or device inside or outside of an organization...

Zero Trust is a major trend in 2022 and one that affects public and private sector organizations alike. Last year when the Biden administration...

The enterprise is moving to the cloud to ease collaboration for partners and employees. The cloud enables work-from-home and hybrid working models and enhances productivity. But the cloud is vulnerable to human error and misguided settings, putting your data at risk of unauthorized access. According to Gartner, preventable misconfigurations and end-user mistakes cause more than 99% of cloud breaches. Cloud providers use a flavor of security. But data needs its own protection. What’s the...

The enterprise is moving to the cloud to ease collaboration for partners and employees. The cloud enables work-from-home and hybrid working models and enhances...

How does Fasoo Enterprise DRM (Fasoo EDRM) compare to Microsoft Azure Information Protection (AIP)? The first solution is a digital rights management platform to protect documents at scale in large organizations and along their supply chain. The latter was developed primarily to protect the document ecosystem of MS Office plus a few third-party file formats. Can you compare them at all? It’s a common question we get, so let’s try. * “We’re looking...

How does Fasoo Enterprise DRM (Fasoo EDRM) compare to Microsoft Azure Information Protection (AIP)? The first solution is a digital rights management platform to...

I read a Tweet recently from “Accidental CISO” about collecting laptops from terminated employees during the pandemic that I deemed retweetable (if that is a word). Some comments focused more on the hardware – how to get it back – but this got me thinking more about what is actually on the hardware. What sensitive information, like intellectual property, might reside on them? It also made me think, in a situation like this, how...

I read a Tweet recently from “Accidental CISO” about collecting laptops from terminated employees during the pandemic that I deemed retweetable (if that is...

How many times have you seen passwords attached to monitors on sticky notes? How about people who use the password “password” or “123456”? With a lot of us having to work from home because of COVID-19, data security and privacy has become more important than ever, since we are not in the protective confines of an office and many of us may have to use our home computers. In 2020 we have a lot...

How many times have you seen passwords attached to monitors on sticky notes? How about people who use the password “password” or “123456”? With...

I sure hope so! Well, the one year anniversary of GDPR is upon us and the challenge of effective, easily managed data security and regulatory compliance is palpable. So, what did Fasoo do? We developed Data Radar (well, it has been around for a long time now) to deliver a unified unstructured data security and privacy approach that addresses the challenge of the evolving, complex compliance regulations like GDPR and CCPA across verticals ranging...

I sure hope so! Well, the one year anniversary of GDPR is upon us and the challenge of effective, easily managed data security and...

Thanks to all of you who responded to my last blog post regarding unstructured data security and privacy topics you’d like to hear more about. Here’s a sampling: Why do so many data loss prevention projects either stall or de-scope? Why with significant industry expenditures in the space do we continue to experience record-breaking instances of data breaches and exfiltration? What are the latest methodologies and technologies security and privacy executives should consider implementing...

Thanks to all of you who responded to my last blog post regarding unstructured data security and privacy topics you’d like to hear more...

Me! After over 20 years with leading IT consultancy, Gartner, I am excited to announce that I have recently joined data security vendor Fasoo. At Gartner, my focus on enterprise data security and compliance challenges, products and technologies led me to really understand the significance of the “Wild Wild West” nature of unstructured data. On average, I advised 30 CISOs and CIOs and other security professionals every month on the challenges they face with...

Me! After over 20 years with leading IT consultancy, Gartner, I am excited to announce that I have recently joined data security vendor Fasoo....

The problem today is sensitive information is leaking from organizations like a dripping faucet. The recent Equifax data breach is just the latest example of a constant barrage of leaks in the news. All the experts say the best way to stop data leaks is by encrypting sensitive data. So why isn’t everyone doing it? What’s the problem? New regulations are now in place that mandate encrypting sensitive data, NYDFS part 500 and...

The problem today is sensitive information is leaking from organizations like a dripping faucet. The recent Equifax data breach is just the latest example...

Bill Blake, Senior Vice President and CCO (Chief Customer Officer) of Fasoo, moderated a panel discussion on Cybersecurity on September 13, 2017 at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP in Rochester, NY. The event entitled Cyber Security & Your Company – What You Need to Know Now featured industry leaders and experts from The Bonadio Group, Fasoo, Lawley, and Harter Secrest & Emery LLP discuss how, when, and why to plan for a cyber attack....

Bill Blake, Senior Vice President and CCO (Chief Customer Officer) of Fasoo, moderated a panel discussion on Cybersecurity on September 13, 2017 at Harter...

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