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...

Email encryption is the process of encrypting or disguising the content of email messages, protecting sensitive information from being read by anyone other than the intended recipient. With the continual evolution and enforcement of data protection laws, email encryption is more necessary than ever before to protect sensitive data from being exposed unauthorized and to mitigate the risk of data...

Whilst attacks from external hackers continue to present an ongoing danger to businesses, by unpacking these reported breaches, it is clear that the threat from within the organization is just as great.

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There are technology solutions that can be deployed to mitigate the risk of weaponized documents coming into the organization (the most popular route for a ransomware attack), as well as strategies to segregate networks, systems and data to ensure that lateral movement from an infection is minimized.

The potential for revealing personally identifiable information (PII) in the ‘To’ or ‘CC’ fields of an email is a risk well understood. Yet despite this, it remains the source of far too many data breaches.

The motivations for APT attacks are many and varied. Nation state sponsored, industrial espionage and targeted attacks are primarily designed not to cause disruption, but to steal information.

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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Ryuk, REvil, NHS, Clop, Cezar, Pubg, Webroot, and Cryptolocker are just some examples of ransomware that have been prevalent – there are others, and there undoubtedly will be more to come.

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