News & Insights by Atakama (3)

Data Masking, Tokenization, and Encryption: Which Do I Choose?

Data breaches and ransomware attacks regularly expose sensitive customer or business data. Organizations risk compliance penalties, legal costs, and a loss of customer trust from these incidents.

Encryption

BigID & Atakama: A New Approach to Data Classification

There really isn’t a data discovery and classification standard; however, many organizations have their version of a data classification framework that classifies data based on its sensitivity and

Zero Trust

Zero Trust Begins with File-Level Encryption

Zero trust continues to gain traction as the strategic security approach best suited for today’s hybrid IT environments and mobile workforces. Introduced by Forrester analyst John Kindvervag in 2010,

Encryption

Busting the Myths of Encryption in the Enterprise

As data breaches continue to spiral out of control, organizations that continue to rely on status quo cyber solutions will suffer incalculable damage. Among the existing solutions that many

Security , Ransomware

Why Cybersecurity Tools Continue to Fail Against Ransomware

Ransomware attacks remain a top concern for cybersecurity leaders. Businesses of all sizes continue to get held to ransom with malware that encrypts their files and threat actors that exfiltrate

Security , Encryption

How To Implement a Data Centric Security Model

With data breaches continuing to rise in both cost and number, it’s clear existing security approaches aren’t robust enough to protect valuable information assets. Today’s IT environments —

Security

Data Breach Statistics: 2021 and Beyond

From startups to SMBs to multinational enterprises, data breaches continue to occur with alarming regularity. Necessary changes in how employees do their work have increased breach risks and costs

Regulatory Compliance

FERPA Compliance - 5 Steps to Protect Student and Family Data

Like many others, the education sector has become a prime target of malicious ransomware attacks resulting in the loss and exposure of highly sensitive student and family data. As gatekeepers of

Security , Encryption

Multifactor Encryption is Cybersecurity’s Lucky Number 13

Incidents are unavoidable. Incidents are the new normal. Incidents suck. Security practitioners understand this. So they construct their security programs knowing that an incident is inevitable.

How Encryption Enables CMMC Compliance

As the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) begins preparing to meet Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance, companies need to know where they fall in the maturity model and how to

Revolutionizing Data Security to Protect Against a New Era of Cyber Attacks

With ever increasing frequency we’re seeing an increase of cyberattacks reported in the news. With an unprecedented number of people working from home , those with the inclination and knowledge of

Security

5 Best Practices to Enhance Your DLP Strategy

On average, employees in the financial services industry have access to 11 million files as early as their first day on the job, according to this Varonis Report. Securing these files can often prove