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How Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway Aligns to NCSC's Email Security Guidelines

Working in cybersecurity is one of the most challenging roles in the organisation. Not only are you tasked with keeping the business and its data safe and secure, but you must do so in the face of ever-increasing professionalism and sophistication on the part of cybercriminals. There are more threats than ever before, and the consequences of a data breach are more significant too. In recent Fortra...
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Microsoft's Defender for Identity – Is it Enough?

In early 2023, Microsoft launched Defender for Identity which aims to offer visibility by helping to identify threats and provide actionable reports on attacks. But M365 security is not completely adequate for the modern enterprise and must be augmented by other data security solutions.
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The Four 'C's of Security

Why the Three 'C's of Cybersecurity is arguably missing a very important 'C,' and why it is vital to an solid cybersecurity solution.
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PCI Compliance Best Practices

While the database issues and solutions are well known, the real challenge is around unstructured data, where credit card information finds its way into email and documents, these are then transferred around and outside the organization creating unnecessary risk.
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Right to be Forgotten Requests: How to Ensure Your Business Doesn’t Grind to Halt

GDPR is the most comprehensive data protection legislation to date and it's revolutionizing the information security landscape. The impending enforcement of the regulation is forcing organizations to understand, and transform, the way they collect, process and store data. One of the most challenging aspects of the legislation is the ‘right to be forgotten’ (RTBF), the ruling that dictates...
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New Email-Embedded Malware Getting Through Major AV Scans

Clearswift has recently been approached by a number of top cybersecurity teams and organizations to help them address an increasing threat of ongoing attempts to deliver embedded malware hidden in email attachments that is automatically activated by malicious scripting code. The sophistication and continuous morphing of delivery methods have made it so these new malware variants go undetected and...
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Why Access Information?

Blog by Kevin Bailey, Head of Market Strategy. One of the easiest ways to stop attacks on information is to close down the shutters, build impenetrable firewalls, stop all access and return to the world of the chalk and blackboard.