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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

Smart Data Collective

Based on figures from Statista , the volume of data breaches increased from 2005 to 2008, then dropped in 2009 and rose again in 2010 until it dropped again in 2011. By 2012, there was a marginal increase, then the numbers rose steeply in 2014. How can businesses protect themselves from unpredictable and evolving attacks on data?

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How To Improve Incident Response Time for Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

Take the Marriott data breach in 2014, for example. Before Marriot acquired the Starwood hotel group, Starwood suffered a major data breach of its customer database. Luckily modern solutions exist that arms organizations with the necessary tools to avoid these kinds of data breaches.

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Don’t Just Let It Go: Protecting Your Data This Holiday Season

Dataversity

In 2014, my daughter was 10 and was deep in the throes of Frozen-mania. A certain song became seared in all our brains. Disney’s billion-dollar juggernaut consumed every waking moment, and my daughter wanted an Elsa doll to share the experience with.

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Remote Workers Demand Data-Driven Cybersecurity Platforms

Smart Data Collective

Metcalfe’s law tells us that the inherent worth of any communication networks is directly proportional to the number of people sharing data across it. This is why it is important to know how to keep data secure. Aura CEO Hari Ravichandran wrote that, “In 2014, my own credit information was stolen online.