Having a strong data governance policy can help your organization ensure data accuracy, consistency, and security across your organization but what are the first steps to writing one?

In 2024's first edition of our Friday Five series, learn about CMMC updates and other data security challenges to come, new malware, and a ransomware decryptor that can help victims.

What is data protection and what makes it different from data security and data privacy? We answer those questions and give pointers on how to develop a data protection strategy in this blog.

Being able to scan your data can give you the full scope of where files exist and what needs to be properly secured. In this blog, we break down why it's a key part of data loss prevention, who uses data scanning, and why it's important.

Understand what a data compromise is, how they happen, what they typically target, and tips for preventing a data compromise from happening in the first place in our new blog.

Microsoft DLP, part of the larger Purview offering, can be a part of your organization's defensive strategy and complemented by Digital Guardian's enhanced offering.

In this week's Friday Five, learn about how threat actors are weaponizing OAuth apps, QR codes, and Google Forms; why AI could increasingly create security and compliance risks; and more.

In this blog we take a high level look at some of the vulnerabilities or flaws in a system that can lead to data loss, the stages of exploiting a vulnerability, the impact, and how to best safeguard your data against vulnerabilities.

In this week's Friday Five, learn how internal threat actors are finding success, the U.S. and allies are fighting foreign espionage campaigns, a new bill could fortify the U.S. cybersecurity workforce, and more.

Data masking or data obfuscation has become a popular way to modify data to make it difficult to ascertain what's authentic vs. what's been modified. In today's blog we look at three different data masking techniques.

In cybersecurity, privilege refers to the authority that certain accounts have; what they can and can't perform. When it comes to privileged accounts, there's a handful of different types, and with them, no shortage of challenges for managing and securing them.

Despite the recent dismantling of a ransomware gang, malware remains on the rise and the FCC is making moves to combat cybercrime. Catch up on the latest in this week's Friday Five!

For many companies, patents, trademarks, and designs can be priceless, meaning if jeopardized, they could have far-ranging repercussions for owners. Protecting that IP is critical.

As cyber attacks and data breaches are on the rise, federal agencies are warning of several new and persisting threats. Learn all you need to know in this week's Friday Five.

The cyber kill chain, a tool used to identify and stop malicious cyber activity, can help organizations better defend against attacks.

Leveraging DLP with Digital Guardian Secure Collaboration can help organizations control their data regardless of where it lands.

When it comes to keeping sensitive information safe from intruders, file protection - safeguarding files from unauthorized access - is critical.

While two ransomware gangs were taken down this past week, an increase in zero-day exploitations and shifting tactics by Gootloader and Jupyter are keeping enterprises on their toes. Catch up on these stories and more in this week's Friday Five!

A recent spike in ransomware has prompted dozens of countries to agree to stop paying ransoms. Meanwhile, the FTC is amending its data breach reporting rules, CISA may be seeing budget cuts, and a high-profile CISO was charged with fraud. Catch up on it all in this week's Friday Five!

Curious how sensitive information differs from personal information? We break down examples, what can happen when that data is exposed, and best practices for protecting sensitive data in this blog.