Implementing Zero Trust Architecture to Enhance Security and Resilience in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The pharmaceutical supply chain faces escalating cybersecurity challenges threatening patient safety and operational continuity. This paper examines the transformative potential of zero trust architecture for enhancing security and resilience within this critical ecosystem. We explore the...

Confidential Serverless Computing

Although serverless computing offers compelling cost and deployment simplicity advantages, a significant challenge remains in securely managing sensitive data as it flows through the network of ephemeral function executions in serverless computing environments within untrusted clouds. While...

A Data-Centric Approach for Safe and Secure Large Language Models against Threatening and Toxic Content

Large Language Models LLM have made remarkable progress, but concerns about potential biases and harmful content persist. To address these apprehensions, we introduce a practical solution for ensuring LLM's safe and ethical use. Our novel approach focuses on a post-generation correction mechanism...

First Things First: Know and Prioritize Your Risk in Data Security

Fortify your risk posture by shifting focus from network security to data-centric security for more robust cyber defense. Cyberattacks are one of the most onerous threats faced by businesses today. Not only is cybercrime skyrocketing in volume, it is also increasing in AI/ML-powered sophisticatio...

The CISO’s Top Priority: Elevating Data-Centric Security

The shift to cloud computing has enhanced the resilience and security of most organizations. In this era of unparalleled agility and scalability, data-centric security can offer transformational opportunities for Chief Information Security Officers CISOs to improve data protection, compliance, an...

Breaking it Down: A Data-Centric Security Perspective on NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

On February 26, 2024, NIST released version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Framework. This blog reviews the fundamental changes introduced in CSF 2.0 and data-centric security considerations that should be made when aligning with the new framework. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, efficient...

How the Modern Data Landscape Made the Traditional Cybersecurity Approach Obsolete

From the news headlines, we know that data breaches are on the rise - both in frequency and scale. While this reality is unsettling, it’s not surprising. That is because the volume of data being collected and stored by organizations continues to grow exponentially each year. Every day, the global...

Three Keys to Turning Data-centric Security Theory into Practice

Most cybersecurity professionals agree that as more organizations move data and applications to cloud-hosted environments, traditional measures focusing on protecting IT infrastructures are not up to the task. In fact, according to Crowd Research Partners, 84 percent of organizations say...

Dell PowerStore Formula Injection Vulnerability

Dell PowerStore all-flash data storage appliances use a data-centric, highly adaptable and intelligent infrastructure to deliver AppsON capabilities that enable the transformation of traditional and modern workloads.Dell PowerStore suffers from a formula injection vulnerability that can be...

Dell PowerStore Licensing Issue Vulnerability

Dell PowerStore all-flash data storage appliances use a data-centric, highly adaptable and intelligent infrastructure to deliver AppsON capabilities that enable the transformation of traditional and modern workloads.Dell PowerStore is vulnerable to an authorization issue that could be exploited b...

3 Data Source Coverage Capabilities You Need from Your Database Security Solution

When Henry Ford, the de-facto inventor of mass production, was asked during a production meeting in 1909 in which colors his Model T automobile would be available to consumers, Ford - a notorious stickler for keeping costs to the bare minimum - offered almost no optional extras and that included...

Infographic: What is the economic impact of a data security platform?

Data security is important regardless of how your organization approaches cybersecurity. Whether it’s a protection-first approach, detection and remediation, or somewhere in between, data security enables organizations to inform on risk posture, protect against unauthorized data access and may...

A security architect’s POV on a mature data-centric security program, Part 3

In part one of this series, you learned about the challenges associated with accessing, and searching long-term retained database activity logs and identifying sensitive customer data to comply with stricter compliance regulations. In part two, you gained insight into how security professionals c...

A security architect’s POV on a mature data-centric security program, Part 2

In part one of this series, we explored the challenges associated with accessing and searching long-term retained database activity logs, and identifying sensitive customer data to comply with stricter compliance regulations. In this post, you’ll see through a security architect’s eyes the...

A security architect’s POV on a mature data-centric security program, Part 1

In this three-part series, you’ll hear first-hand from security architects on the front lines about what it takes to move organizations from a compliance-centric to a mature data-centric database security model. You’ll gain insight into the challenges associated with retaining, accessing and...

Four features your data-centric security strategy must provide

Each year, the number of data breaches grows by 30%, underscoring the need for organizations to make data-centric security a business priority. Following the big data movement around the beginning of the 21st century, technological innovations have enabled companies to manage, store and process...

Why adopt a data-centric solution for data privacy?

Enterprises understand the importance of having access to their consumers personal information. This data enables them to more easily build personal relationships with their audiences, using what they know about that audience to provide tailored experiences and recommendations. The internet has...

Leak Exposes Private Data of Genealogy Service Users

A server containing information of users of a genealogy service has exposed the data of 60,000 users, putting them at risk for fraud, phishing and other cybercriminal activity. Research led by Avishai Efrat at WizCase has discovered the leak, which affected an open and unencrypted ElasticSearch...

Encryption: Pros and Cons

The expression “when you are a hammer, everything is a nail” has a curious background. The concept belongs to a generalized law of the instrument which is a cognitive bias that occurs by being overly familiar with certain tools, and the likelihood of force-fitting problems to the tools at hand. A...

Database Activity Monitoring: A Do’s and Don’ts Checklist for DBAs

In a previous post, we looked at the limitations of native audit, the free tool often used by database administrators DBAs for logging database activity. While it has its appeal—it’s already part of the database server and does not require additional cost for third-party appliances or...