According to TATA Tele Business Services' blog in 2023, ". . .data loss prevention (DLP) has seen remarkable growth over the years and shows no signs of slowing down. . .and will continue to adapt and stay relevant." When we talk about data loss prevention, there are two major categories that DLP covers: DLP to stop sensitive data from being inadvertently accessed when an individual is authorized...

The Clearswift team attended the annual Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards, where we won an amazing three awards again!

2015 is already set to be a great year for Clearswift in terms of recognition as we are very pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted again for three awards in the SC Magazine Awards Europe 2015.

This year we are up for Best Security Software for Clearswift’s Adaptive Redaction, Best Email Security and Management for Clearswift’s Secure Email Gateway and Customer Service Department of the Year for our fantastic customer service team.

Read on, for the first of the three stages of advice – each broken into five simple steps - which you could implement today.

This week there was an announcement of a new vulnerability in contactless pay cards. In the UK, is restricted to a maximum £20 per transaction, when dealing with foreign currency, the restriction is 999,999.99 in the currency of your choice.

We take a look at the repercussions of the recent leak of sensitive information from the Australian Federal Police Department (AFPD).

This past July I posted a blog regarding an insider attack on education services provider Benesse. At the time 10.2 million items of personal identifiable information relating to children had been hacked. Now, two months later, it is becoming disturbingly clear that the reality is in fact much worse.

As many of you will have seen in the media last week Paddy Power announced a leak of almost 650,000 client’s details, dating back to 2010.

Originally, when thinking about the claim ‘Accepted Everywhere’ I was sure it was the slogan of a specific credit card from across the pond.

The blurring of work and life boundaries that exist on devices, both with the changes to the law on flexible working and the general rise of BYOD, means that it’s far too easy to send information to the wrong person via email – and then be penalised for it.

Following a summit held on Tuesday, hosted by the British Banker’s Association, the Bank of England announced a new framework to spot and test possible weak points at lenders in order to combat the growing problem of cyber hacking.

Not so long ago I wrote two blog posts on the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL. In one of them I alluded to the fact that we have not seen the end of it, unfortunately I was right.

I was kindly invited to speak with BBC business reporter Steph McGovern last week on BBC Breakfast News on the eBay cyber-attack, further to commenting on the story in the national and technology media.

The Heartbleed bug is probably one of the most serious security flaws in recent times, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of people.

By Heath Davies, Chief Executive. Direct from the annual RSA Conference I am delighted to share the news that Clearswift won an impressive three awards at the 10th Annual Info Security Awards 2014 ceremony.

Social Apps for Work - the fine line between professional and social communications

A big part of Clearswift’s strategic vision in 2014 was our commitment to continue to innovate and build up a product suite that supports our clients’ needs to protect their critical information.

Threats from outside the organization are still happening, but it's the threats from within which are causing a greater challenge. Not just employees but third parties who have access to internal systems and information.

The recent article in V3 warns of an apparent lack of knowledge about encryption technologies, which is causing many companies to mishandle sensitive data.