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Spirion to add data retention schedules to its leading data protection platform

Inform Remediation of Sensitive/Restricted Data with global Data Retention Schedules Spirion, a pioneer in data protection and compliance, today announced…

Data Protection Data Security

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Best practices for securing dark data

Dark data is an all-encompassing descriptor for the unorganized, untagged, and otherwise unused  data within an organization’s data estate. It…

Data Protection Data Security

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The Analyst View: Key takeaways from Forrester’s Now Tech: Data Discovery and Classification Report

Although data discovery and data classification have formed the bedrock of strong data governance programs for several decades, they are…

Data Discovery Data Management & Governance

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Take control of your unruly data with privacy-preserving classification

Thanks to increasing data privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),…

Compliance & Regulations Data Management & Governance Data Privacy Data Protection

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What is a data retention policy and should you have one?

In order to collect and process consumers’ sensitive data to fulfill both day-to-day and long-term business needs, companies must implement…

Data Protection Data Security

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Understanding malicious insider threat examples to avoid an insider attack

In 2020, insider threats were responsible for 60% of data breaches. Insider threats occur when an employee’s privileged access is…

Data Security Sensitive Data

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Stopping Ransomware in its Tracks

Let’s face it: ransomware isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The startling pace of data creation and consumption provides attackers with…

Data Protection

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Ransomware Prevention Checklist

The number of ransomware attacks in just the first half of 2021 was nearly double the total for 2020. As…

Data Protection Data Security