data security
Review: The Architecture of Privacy
About the authors Courtney Bowman has been working in the data analytics space for the last decade. He joined Palantir Technologies in 2010 as an in-house Privacy and Civil …
The fragile security of the mobile ecosystem
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become indispensable in our daily lives. In fact, in Q4 2015, smartphones accounted for around 75 percent of all mobile …
PCI DSS 3.2 is out: What’s new?
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has published the latest version of PCI DSS, the information security standard for organizations that handle customer …
Presidential primary election apps may expose sensitive data
Did you know that there are over 1,200 Android apps, both official and unofficial, that help voters keep track of the happenings in the US presidential primary? Better yet, …
Healthcare industry has an alarming mobile security gap
The healthcare industry is massively adopting smart mobile devices, but still moves very slowly when it comes to implementing cyber security measures to protect those devices. …
Panama Papers breach was the result of lax security practices?
News items based on the so-called “Panama Papers,” a set of 11.5 million documents leaked from the networks of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, keep popping …
Who owns corporate data? Employees think they can just take it
A third of all employees believe they own – or share ownership of – the corporate data they work on, with half thinking they can take the data with them when they …
Companies still lack adequate data privacy tools
93 percent of IT professionals agree that customer data privacy concerns are a critical issue at the C-level. Yet, only 9 percent percent believe current privacy and consent …
Dwolla fined $100,000 for deceiving customers about data safety
Online payment platform Dwolla has been ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to pay a $100,000 fine for deceiving consumers about its data security …
Discover, classify, protect and analyze data with TITUS Illuminate
According to a recent Forrester report, data discovery and classification is an often-overlooked yet critical component of data security and control. Today, at RSA Conference …
Employee and HR data is the most commonly encrypted data
The use of encryption continues to grow in response to cyber-attacks, privacy compliance regulations and consumer concerns, and the majority of organizations plan to transfer …
Apple will fight court order to unlock gunman’s iPhone
A US magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI gain access to the contents of a PIN-locked iPhone 5C used by Syed Farook, one of the shooters in the San Bernardino …