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March Madness Challenge for Cybersecurity Professionals

Let the "madness" begin! The NCAA Basketball tournament is different for everyone. Some experience madness after a gut-wrenching triple overtime victory by their alma mater, while others after a buzzer-beater shot from half-court by a 16th-ranked Cinderella underdog that instantly knocks out one of your final four selections. However, to me there is nothing more maddening, in the delightful sense...
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How to Enhance Data Loss Prevention in Office 365

Office 365 is a powerful collaboration tool, but can organizations be sure it provides the level of DLP capabilities required in today’s ever-morphing threat environment? Discover the benefits of pairing Clearswift with your Office 365 deployment.
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New Encryption Guidance Published by UK’s Information Commissioner

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office published update guidance on encryption on 3rd March 2016, amidst concerns that there was a general lack of understanding of how and when to use encryption. It is the lack of appropriate technical measures, such as the use of encryption that has led to a significant number of fines issued in the UK since 2010. There is a risk of bigger fines with the...
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How to Prevent Data Exfiltration

To mitigate the threat of data exfiltration, organizations deploy data loss prevention software tools at key egress points – email, web (cloud), and the endpoint. The security software provides visibility of the data being shared (who is sending what to whom) and allows controls to be put in place that prevent sensitive data from leaving the organization and malware from getting in.
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Capital One Data Breach: A Reminder to Lock Your Back Door

In July 2019, leading financial organization Capital One received an anonymous e-mail revealing some bad news: “There appears to be some leaked data of yours in someone’s Github.” This leaked data was revealed to be the personal details of about 106 million individuals across the US and Canada, mostly consumers and small business owners that have applied for credit card products, including their...
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Next Generation Cyber Threats: Images

Traditional Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology provides protection against the traditional threat of someone trying to send a file to an unauthorized individual, but it required a step change to enable Adaptive Data Loss Prevention with Deep Content Inspection (DCI) to address threats such as ransomware that is delivered embedded in innocuous-looking documents. Clearswift delivered our first...
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‘Discovering’ Critical Data Stored On The Endpoint

Clearswift’s Endpoint DLP (Data Loss Prevention) solution leverages the same Deep Content Inspection Engine (DCI) which is used in its core SECURE Gateway products. The DCI can be used to scan saved files (referred to as data at rest (DAR)) on various endpoints, to identify potential data breach risks or non-compliance with company policy. For example, there may be spreadsheets containing PCI or...
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Clearswift Endpoint Data Loss Prevention

Learn about the three key components to endpoint data loss prevention; device control, content transfer control and encryption, and discovering critical information at rest.
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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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Tips to Protect the Potential Next Target of the Financial Sector – Trading Apps

The media landscape today continues to share stories of the increased cyber vulnerabilities in mobile applications. While banks have had many years to develop and tailor their apps to respond to various security issues, with increased security around detecting fraudulent use, trading apps from smaller businesses have flown under the radar and missed out on improved security. Although cyber...
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Silicon Review Accolade for Clearswift!

Clearswift is honored to have been named as one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Cyber Security companies in 2017 by Silicon Review magazine. The US-based publication was particularly impressed by Clearswift’s technology portfolio in the areas of data loss prevention and deep content inspection. Silicon Review also referenced Clearswift’s collaborative approach to Adaptive Data Loss Prevention (DLP)...
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What Can Businesses do to Keep secure in the Mobile Working Revolution?

The age of mobile working continues to gather pace. More people than ever before are working from home or on the move, rather than in the traditional office environment. This isn’t surprising. Businesses are becoming increasingly digital and as such, can provide staff with increased opportunities to work outside the office. It isn’t just businesses that are leading the mobile working revolution -...
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USBs: The Inconspicuous Enemy

At around three centimetres in length and weighing less than 30 grams on average, the USB flash drive would appear to be a relatively innocuous storage device, but losing or inserting an unknown USB into a personal or company computer could have devastating consequences. With over 22,000 USB sticks being left in the pockets of clothing sent to Britain’s dry cleaners, alone last year, we thought it...
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And the Award for “Best Data Loss Prevention” Solution Goes to…

It’s that time of year again; to roll out the red carpet, dress up in designer fashions and announce the nominations for the industry’s best information security solutions. Yes, while millions of movie fans around the world anxiously await their favorite celebrity to be adorned with prestigious accolades for their cinematic performances, nothing can impact the safety of their day-to-day digital...
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Your Holiday Security Checklist

Are you ready for the holidays? As everyone wraps up for their holiday break, have you ensured that your organization is set to handle anything and everything when it comes to security while you’re out of the office? Stay ahead of the game by following our quick holiday security checklist. And don’t forget to check it twice!