Cyberattacks are now a severe threat to organizations leveraging cutting-edge technology in the digital-first world. Whether phishing or malware attacks, cybercriminals increasingly exploit sensitive business information and customer identities. And what’s more worrisome is that the conventional cybersecurity architecture seems impotent against advanced attacks, since attackers are finding new ways to breach a network. Hence, there’s […]
Takeaways for Businesses in the Rapidly Evolving Data Security and Privacy Landscape
As more and more businesses jump into the digital transformation bandwagon by leveraging cutting-edge tools and technologies, data security and privacy challenges have also increased. Even though customer privacy and security may seem interchangeable to most of us, both are distinctly separate yet interrelated concepts. And knowing the exact difference between the two is undoubtedly the need […]
Why Just Collecting More and More Data Is No Longer Productive
A decade back, when the big data trend began, the mantra was to collect more and more data — then glean insights from it to better understand consumer behavior, market trends, and demand. Even today, big data is key to better decision-making and operational excellence; however, two phenomena challenge the notion of “collect as much […]
Are Verifiable Credentials Paving the Way for Reinforced Digital Privacy?
Whether we’re booking a flight or shopping online, we must go through multiple authentication processes to prove our identity. And that’s quite important from an infosec perspective. However, proving our identities doesn’t necessarily need to be a complicated process, as the slightest bit of friction in authentication could be the reason for customers to switch […]
How Cloud Governance Allows Businesses to Become Compliant Superheroes
In the battle of the old vs. the new, it is evident that traditional identity and access management (IAM) solutions are gradually getting phased out by cloud solutions. Hence, there is a need to shift to cloud-based identity governance and administration (IGA) solutions. This type of cloud governance is more secure and reliable while providing […]
3 Steps to Maintain Total Data Visibility
We live in an era where data is progressively becoming the essential and the only fuel for thriving business success. And the rapidly growing volumes of data have raised several security concerns that can’t be overlooked. Though managing the in-house data stored locally wasn’t really a tough nut to crack, cloud computing has made data visibility and […]
3 Things You Should Do to Protect Your Consumers’ PII in a Contactless World
Click to learn more about author Deepak Gupta. What if you could go to a coffee shop, have your phone charged, and pay without taking your phone out of your pocket? What if you could quickly pay without handing out cash while waiting in line at the cinema or the bus station? Or drive up […]
Why Data Privacy Should Be a Core Aspect of Protecting Human Rights
Click to learn more about author Deepak Gupta. The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights recognizes privacy as one of the most basic rights that should be afforded to everyone. But the inherent openness of the internet and the ability of a person to access information from the other side of the globe mean that Data Governance is […]
Five Ways to Future-Proof Your Data Privacy
Click to learn more about author Deepak Gupta. It is always a challenging effort to anticipate the direction data privacy is going. There is an ever-growing need for companies to future-proof data privacy and safeguard sensitive information. With regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impacting full force, companies now better protect sensitive data […]
Data Governance for Enterprises: Important Principles for Value Generation
Click to learn more about author Deepak Gupta. Data Governance has emerged as one of the top priorities for organizations across the globe. Given this reality, organizations are handling their data consistently to support business outcomes. So, what is Data Governance for enterprises, and why is it important? Data Governance is a set of laws […]