Intellectual property is the lifeblood of innovation. Losing it to an insider or outsider is not just a breach; it is a direct hit to an organization’s competitive advantage.
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) allows inexperienced threat actors to launch large-scale attacks, exfiltrate sensitive data, and disable recovery infrastructure, pushing businesses to reassess their strategies.
As companies explore new ways to use AI, the challenge of balancing innovation with data protection is more important than ever. Security teams are tasked with protecting information while developers face pressure to deliver. Misalignment results in exposed data and overlooked policies, leading to a lack of responsibility.
Creating a web application that handles credit card information or personally identifiable information requires implementing stringent security measures to protect user data and comply with regulations.
"USDA has a lot of data that people should be very concerned about protecting for a lot of different reasons," said one current USDA employee who requested anonymity due to ongoing fear of retaliation. "Farmers' financial and production data should be protected at all costs, for privacy reasons and because of competition. If you got access to disaster payments, you would be able to layer a lot of data and arrive at a lot of valuable conclusions about productivity and U.S. farmland, futures markets, and commodity prices. You can hedge a lot of bets and make a lot of money if you know what's happening with U.S. agriculture."
We're sending a clear message to Big Tech: your profits are not more important than our kids' privacy and mental health. As the father of young kids, this victory is personal.
Cybersecurity researchers discovered over 20 misconfigurations in Salesforce Industry Cloud, putting sensitive data at risk of exposure to unauthorized access.