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Data theft in Switzerland: One-third of companies have been victims of industrial espionage
It is a fact that no one likes to talk about. Swiss companies are spied upon, their secrets revealed and their data sold. The damage can be humongous. There are many cases that remain under lock and key and rarely appear in the media.
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Management Musings 2: Protecting evidence at the scene of crime
No crime is perfect. Every thief leaves behind a ‘signature’ – even in the digital world. But what if he tries to erase it and leave no trace behind? Can it be done? Is there a way to make sure that footprints cannot be erased? This is what Dr. Heiner Kromer has to say.
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Management Musings 1: Pay attention to all data-centric security
What stops senior management from seriously considering data-centric security as an important aspect of their overall IT security paradigm? Are they misled? Or is it plain complacency that data breach would happen to them? This is what Dr. Heiner Kromer, CEO, SECUDE has to say.
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The Biggest Data Leaks in the Past 15 Years
Marriott, Facebook, Instagram, First American Financial Corp, Capital One, Zoll Medical, Georgia Tech, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and others. What’s common to them all? Well, they are all in the 2019 Data Loss Hall of Shame.
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SECUDE gets featured in The Enterprise World Magazine
Organizations are increasingly becoming aware of the need focus on data security. SECUDE, after the sale of its immensely popular Single Sign-On module to SAP, is now gaining the attention of global companies and media for its unique data security products – HALOCORE and HALOCAD. The Enterprise World magazine recently caught up with SECUDE to feature the company in its magazine.
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Data security in the media: A look on what it takes to plug the gaps beyond traditional DLP solutions
The world is slowly, but increasingly, taking cognizance of looking deeper within when it comes to protecting data. CNBC TV18 recently published an article by Utkarsh Morarka on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of data security. This is SECUDE’s take on the article.
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How to Secure your Design IP in your PLM environment
Design-intensive organizations leverage many types of security solutions to lessen, if not eradicate, loss of design data. While there are many solutions are deemed necessary due to the diversity of sharing systems, file formats, devices and locations, here is one solution that assures lifecycle-long protection of the CAD file – throughout the PLM cycle.
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Do you use PTC Creo? Here’s how you can protect your CAD files leveraging your existing investment in Microsoft.
Product design is a long-winded process that involves multiple levels, applications and, importantly, stakeholders. More often than not, many important stakeholders would be from outside the organization – thus, sharing designs even before being patented may become a necessity. Obviously, design security is paramount. Is there a way to secure your design throughout its lifecycle without any major additional investments?
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Enterprise-level data security: Big picture first; details foremost
Despite the growing complexity of threats that faces enterprises today, data security practitioners need to be agile and keep in mind the bigger threat picture. While this does translate to dynamic response mechanisms and constantly evolving security paradigms, those responsible for data security shouldn’t lose sight of the ‘small’ things, for as they say, the devil is in the details.
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Six Things to do to Get Your Data Stolen
Have you taken all the steps to throw your data into the winds? If not, you should read this blog post. Leaving your data to the wolves isn’t as easy as you think. Here’s why…
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Now its Google. Are You Next?
British Airways, Apple Inc., Tesla… the list just keeps growing. The latest in this infamous line is none other than Google. Recently, former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski was accused of stealing self-driving car project details as he moved on to join Uber
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Three Simple Tips to Keep Your CAD Files Safe and Secure
In the world of manufacturing and high-tech companies the most critical IP, like details of either mature products or yet-to-be patented prototypes, is represented as constructional drawings typically stored as CAD files. Cyber-committed CEOs understand that business continuity in digital processes requires new data-centric security strategies. Here are three important points for you to keep in mind when protecting your CAD files.
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Serial data breach cases. When corporations know so much about you. Why don’t they protect your information?
They know all about you. Your health status. Your financial status. About your family. About your vacations – where you go, what you consume and what you do. All that information just got into the hands of pretty unsavory characters from institutions that you believed would never reveal your data.
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Apple and Tesla Story Needn’t Be Yours
Apple recently revealed that its CAD schematics had leaked, spurring it to reduce ‘factory secrecy staff’ and invest in technology. Last year, Tesla had revealed such loss. This needn’t be if organizations take one small, but largely overlooked, step towards CAD file protection. This is what they should do.
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What is the first step towards data-centric security?
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. This popular truism cannot be truer when it comes to data-centric security. However, the key question often is: where does one begin? This brief blog presents a clear step forward towards data-centric protection.
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Big Data + Small Gaps = Big Trouble
It is all about protecting your crown jewels. If you are an SAP user, you will be well aware of the security provided ‘inside’. But the key question is: what happens to the security of your data once they are downloaded or even shared with ‘legitimate’ outsiders? Can you ensure data integrity?
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Protecting IP of a Manufacturing Company – A Case Study
IP is the crown jewel of any organization. Protecting it goes beyond traditional security paradigms. Here is the case study of a leading Swiss chip manufacturer who took the extra step of taking a data-centric approach beyond the standard security paradigm.
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Five SAP data protection scenarios where HALOCORE must be considered
An ERP, such as SAP, is ubiquitous and all-encompassing. The key value of such a platform is its ability to power operations across departments by enabling seamless data sharing. However, data that is being shared may also be misused and stolen. Here are five SAP data protection scenarios where HALOCORE must be considered.
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Five Types of Insiders who may steal your Company’s Data
Most CIOs and data security practitioners believe that traditional security measures such as firewalls, anti-virus and even password best practices are credible protection against data leaks and theft. The fact is that they are not – especially when the root of the problem could be the employee himself.
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10 Data Leaks that have cost Fortune 500 companies a fortune
Losing data can be a painful–even disastrous– experience. Considering the following 10 data breaches, SECUDE suggests a proven solution to avert such tragedy in your organization.
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Why CEOs Should Worry About Data Leaks
CEOs are aware that losing IP and data devastates brand, business reputation and finally the entire company. But only a few are committed to a cyber security strategy for protecting their digital assets. When the CEO’s skin is in the game why do they fall short?
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How to ascertain suspected data leak from the IT landscape?
Wipro, the India-based IT giant, is in the news for a major breach of its systems. An advanced phishing attack has enabled hackers, possibly government sponsored, to use Wipro’s network to ‘listen’ to information exchanges with customers and external vendors. Is there a way to thwart data leaks right at the beginning? What should be done?
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The Simple Printer: Innocuous Office Tool or Source of Silent Data Leak?
The innocuous office printer is a seemingly simple corporate device of everyday use. Despite stringent ‘go-green’ and ‘paperless office’ initiatives printing will continue to be. But what comes out needn’t be authorized printed documents. They may also be vital intellectual property or other sensitive information. It’s time IT Managers look beyond mere maintenance issues.
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Why invest in a new CAD file security solution when you can leverage your investment in Microsoft AIP
Manufacturing companies create and manage their IP based on CAD drawings that are often shared outside the organization. The risk of losing this IP is significant. Is there a solution to secure your CAD files without any major additional expense? Watch this brief demo to know how.
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Data-centric security: Protecting the lifeblood of your business
It is high time that data security practitioners – CIOs, CISOs and, indeed, even business leaders take a long and hard look at their IT security practices. If it does not include data security to a large degree, they have just left their treasure chest wide open.
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Data breach in Germany: Who will pay the GDPR fine this time?
Germany seems to be in the news for wrong reasons. The country paid its first GDPR fine recently. Now a major data breach in the country has potential to create a political furor. It is time the political, the public and all classes in between take a serious look at data security.
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SAP and Oracle applications are increasingly being targeted by hackers
Cyber security companies and the US Department of Homeland Security warn of an increasing number of hidden hacker attacks on vulnerable SAP and Oracle applications which provide unrestricted access to systems.
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Germany’s first GDPR fine: Understanding what is important
Over a month ago the data protection authority of Baden-Württemberg imposed the first fine for violation of GDPR. This clearly means that companies' honeymoon period is over. It is time they pull up their socks and get to work in meeting the regulation's requirements.
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Complying with HIPAA – The HALOCORE way
The recent report about an ex-employee’s access to e-PHI data of a leading Colorado-based medical center raises another important question in addition to robust access control: How to protect data that egress an organization’s enterprise landscape?
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Hospitality doesn’t pay; Robust data security does: What Marriott should have done at the outset
PII of around 500 million(!) guests at Marriott hotels has been compromised. The cause of this is due to unauthorized access within its network since 2014. Could this have been averted as early as 2010 when it switched to SAP ERP?
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From university to industry: A few perspectives from Philipp Meier
Through this brief post, Philipp Meier, Vice President (Research & Development) shares his thought on the values of industry-university connect after the recently inaugurated bachelors programme in Information and Cyber Security.
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Insider threat could be insidious to regional stability
The recent arrest of a BrahMos Aerospace engineer highlights the need for organizations, private and government-run, dealing with sensitive military technologies to up their data security best practices. When it comes to national security, best may not be best enough.
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Bridging Technology Landscapes for Enhanced Data Security: A Microsoft Case Study
“HALOCORE provides effective classification and protection of sensitive data by controlling SAP exports and encrypting extracted documents... Deploying HALOCORE at Microsoft helps us keep our company more secure and compliant,” says Shalini Gupta, Principal Privacy Lead at Microsoft. Read the brief case study to know more.
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Four steps to spot and stop data theft in your SAP landscape
Outsider threats, while still an important consideration in cyber security, account for only 40% of malicious attacks on your system while 60% potentially come from trusted insiders. Here are 4 important steps to keep in mind.
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A stable SAP data security policy is imperative to implement GDPR
SAP customers are concerned about identification of data in the SAP system, their pseudonymisation in copies of the production system, and timely information, blocking and finally deletion of user data. This is what users should keep in mind.
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