I’ve often wondered whether artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity is a good thing or a bad thing for data security. Yes, I love the convenience of online stores suggesting the…
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API Abuse Is a Data Security Issue Here to Stay
Just about every app uses an application programming interface (API). From a security standpoint, though, APIs also come with some common problems. Gartner predicted that API abuse will be the…
How Data Discovery and Zero Trust Can Help Defend Against a Data Breach
As more companies start to use the cloud, the threat of a data breach and the rules and fines that go with it has only grown. Therefore, companies and agencies…
Data Security Along Every Stage of the Journey
Let’s say you’re planning a train robbery in the Old West. Your posse can jump on board at the station, on the route or at the last stop. The same is…
Data is Wealth: Data Security is Wealth Protection
In 2021 alone, humanity (and a few robots) will create 79 sextillion bytes of data. That’s nearly 10 million times the estimated number of grains of sand on Earth. And those…
The Hottest Cybersecurity Must-Reads for the Busy Security Practitioner
You’re busy. We get that. Let’s suppose you’re like most of your colleagues in security. In that case, it’s almost like Groundhog Day. It starts with chasing the latest threat…
How Good Transaction Security Can Make Customer Visits Easier
Every time I start to put my information into an online form, especially if it’s my credit card number or a banking transaction, I almost always pause. There was a…
Thoughts From a Data Security Expert: 3 Things That Keep Me Up at Night
As an IT leader in charge of database engineering and database audit and compliance for a Fortune 50 American company with millions of customers, I know that there are potential…
Zero Trust or Bust: What It Is and Why It Matters to Data Security
How many different ways can data be compromised? First, both external and internal threats can target it. External threats can come in the form of malware or ransomware. Meanwhile, internal…
Avoiding Video Background Snafus: How to Hold Safe Meetings Online
Zoom mishaps have provided us with much comic relief while we’re trying to adjust to safe meetings online. We’ll never forget the lawyer who wasn’t really a cat and the…