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5 Data Security Strategies Businesses Should Implement

Smart Data Collective

While large corporations like these will continue to be targets for data breaches, small businesses are also at risk. Smaller companies can’t afford to be lax with their cybersecurity. It’s hard to overstate the importance of data security. It has ranked #1 since 2013.

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7 Advantages of Using Encryption Technology for Data Protection

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That same year, as well as in 2013, there were two separate instances of more data loss via misplaced USB drives. The devices containing the data were not encrypted. The cybersecurity researcher who discovered it pointed out that the information likely came from many individual data breaches rather than one gigantic compromise.

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What Cyber Criminals Can Do With Your Metadata

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Then they will start culling the data from multiple sources to produce a clear picture of that person’s vulnerabilities. Target experienced one of the largest attacks in the history of retail America on or before Black Friday of 2013. The thieves installed data-stealing code onto card-swipe machines at every store.

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The Complex Reality of Personal Data In The Credit Card Industry

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Credit card companies used to brand their big data strategies as a clear benefit. MasterCard announced the use of big data to help consumers more back in 2013. To start with, retailers who want to perform an online transaction with you may ask if you’d like to have your card data stored online.

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150+ Top Global Cloud Thought Leaders and Next Generation Leaders of 2021

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Mark Lynd – Cloud Thought Leader and Keynote Speaker for Cybersecurity, AI & IoT, Head of Digital Business CISSP, ISSAP & ISSMP. Jason is the author or coauthor of four books – The Agile Architecture Revolution (Wiley, 2013), Service Orient or Be Doomed! Follow Mark Lynd on Twitter and LinkedIn.