Tag: DLP

Every organization faces data security threats, which become more complex when integrating technologies like cloud computing or hybrid working options. That’s why it is critical to implement robust data protection to safeguard critical assets such as intellectual property, personally...

Data loss prevention (DLP) tools and processes help ensure that critical data is not accessed by or tampered with by unauthorized users. The underlying technology that can make or break your success in data loss prevention is data classification. This article explains how data classification...

No organization is immune to data security threats. But as your IT environment becomes more complex — for example, through the adoption of cloud technologies — it’s even harder to implement the data protection you need to protect your business. Many organizations struggle to protect critical...

An effective data loss prevention (DLP) program safeguards critical information such as intellectual property, financial records, and personal data from threats ranging from insider misuse to external attacks. Building a strong program requires executive support, data classification, threat...

A strong Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy safeguards sensitive data such as PII, financial records, and intellectual property from leaks, misuse, or theft. Best practices include classifying and encrypting data, hardening systems, patching regularly, automating controls, and monitoring for...

For any business, protecting sensitive data is anything but simple. Data volumes are growing rapidly, and all too often, users create confidential files and spread them to unsecure locations. Meanwhile, IT security teams have limited resources and face enormous pressure, since the both company’s...

Data loss prevention (DLP) is an intelligent service that’s part of Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) in Microsoft 365. It looks for messages, files and other documents that contain sensitive information, and applies the policies you configure about what can and cannot be done with that...

There is currently much talk about Cryptolocker and other kinds of ransomware. Cryptolocker is such kind of malicious program that, once it is active, starts encrypting files it can access on a local system or on network shares and then threatens to hold your data hostage until you pay. Users...

Return the Princess of Darkness. I had been asked by management to give them (meaning the SOX auditors or Demons straight from Hell, depending on how you want to address them) the nickel tour of the datacenters.  There were a lot of questions, many of which will filter their way into future...

Microsoft released service pack 1 (SP1) for Exchange Server 2013 in February, ahead of the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) in Austin, Texas. Many companies refuse to consider upgrading before the release of SP1, when it’s believed the product is finally “finished”, while other...