Category: Security
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Are Companies Ready to Implement GDPR-compliant Data Protection?
Much has been said about the potential onslaught of the European Commission’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. Although the critical survival steps that you’ll need to follow to get compliant have been covered, there’s a big difference between identifying the need and actually addressing it. Are companies truly prepared? If you’re like most businesses,…
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How Big Data Can Help Protect Against Cyber Security Breaches
Growing up, we’ve been told to never give out your social security number, and to keep important details like banking information or your driver’s license number private. We’re told this because there’s always a risk of identity theft and other unfortunate scenarios. This may have been an easy task to do 15 or 20…
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What does General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mean for you?
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR enforcement date, is quickly closing in. It’s a sweeping and relatively new form of legislation that will change the current landscape considerably. How so? Well, it puts a lot of pressure on organizations to bolster advanced data security and privacy. More specifically, it’s a European regulation that will…
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Cybercriminals and Law Enforcement Wield Big Data in Chilling Ways
Law enforcement officials aren’t the only ones using big data. Savvy criminals are exploiting it in terrifying ways. Big data has many benefits. Unfortunately, in an adversarial society, it often seems that those benefits can cancel each other out. Business owners often feel this way as their competitors weaponize big data more effectively. The…