Too Many Data Security Tools? Data Security Platforms Are The Way Forward

Gartner projects that by 2024, 30% of enterprises will have adopted Data Security Platforms, up from less than 5% in 2019. The move to a hybrid workplace left security teams scrambling to deploy new point solutions, adding to an existing array of data protection tools. Today, the number of separate tools in your arsenal may span data discovery, classification, DLP, EDRM, EPP, and CASB. This patchwork approach and silo-specific security controls add operational complexity...

Gartner projects that by 2024, 30% of enterprises will have adopted Data Security Platforms, up from less than 5% in 2019. The move to...

Data loss prevention (DLP) solutions focus on the movement of sensitive data. They analyze document content and user behavior patterns and can restrict the movement of information based on preset criteria. With the move to remote work, traditional DLP solutions can’t safeguard sensitive data since it’s difficult to monitor all the locations users can send and store documents. While DLP is good at finding sensitive data in files, it can’t control access to the...

Data loss prevention (DLP) solutions focus on the movement of sensitive data. They analyze document content and user behavior patterns and can restrict the...

Remote work is putting sensitive data at risk. That we can all agree on. Traditional endpoint protection frequently fails. So what about stronger surveillance of remote employees at home? * Let’s monitor the heck out of them, shall we? That seems to be the approach of some financial services firms whose remote workers handle sensitive financial data and Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Is remote work surveillance a good idea? Perhaps, if your organization is...

Remote work is putting sensitive data at risk. That we can all agree on. Traditional endpoint protection frequently fails. So what about stronger surveillance...

How to stop intellectual property leakage and theft in manufacturing? That was the topic of a discussion hosted by Fasoo at the 2021 Apex Assembly Tech Leaders Northeast Summit. CTO Ron Arden spoke with Hillary Fehr, Senior Cyber Security Researcher with GE Gas Power, and Chris Babie, Staff Cyber Security Researcher with GE Gas Power, about the challenges of IP protection in the manufacturing enterprise. In Part 1 of this conversation, IP Protection: “We...

How to stop intellectual property leakage and theft in manufacturing? That was the topic of a discussion hosted by Fasoo at the 2021 Apex...

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...

Earlier this month, an article recorded that data breaches in 2015 are on pace to break records both in the number of breaches and records exposed. In 2014, the numbers of US data breaches tracked by the Identity Theft Resource Center hit a record high of 783, with about 86 million confirmed records exposed. So far this year, as of June 30, the number of breaches reached 400 and additionally, about 118 million records...

Earlier this month, an article recorded that data breaches in 2015 are on pace to break records both in the number of breaches and...

I don’t know how much more we can continue talking about healthcare data breaches. This is again a multi week of data breaches in the healthcare industry, and again over and over. With Anthem Inc. and then again with Premera Blue Cross, and Advantage Dental, all announced they had data breaches, however nothing about if there data was encrypted. How can 80 million and then 11 million then finally 150,000 patient records all in...

I don’t know how much more we can continue talking about healthcare data breaches. This is again a multi week of data breaches in...

Insider threats still remain to be a higher concern for business not only in the United States, but around the world. Businesses are more than ever expected to maintain or increase their data security and data protection budgets to mitigate the risk of insider threats. When we look at business today, more than 93% of U.S. respondents to a survey say the feel vulnerable to insider attacks. There is no doubt that those that...

Insider threats still remain to be a higher concern for business not only in the United States, but around the world. Businesses are more...

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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