Key takeaways 8.8 million people were affected after unauthorized individuals abused a private company’s legitimate access to Denmark’s Central Person Register. Names, addresses, and CPR numbers were exposed, increasing the risk of phishing, social engineering, impersonation, and identity fraud. Legitimate access can become a security risk when compromised, making data minimization an important layer of defense. Sensitive data discovery helps … Read More
Fast & Accurate Data Breach Resolution
You’ve suffered a data leak, and the clock’s already ticking. Oh, and it’s a large dataset, too. Where do you even start to locate every single instance of PII involved? Let’s get into it! Breach Incident Scanner Discovering leaked sensitive information and PII by hand is completely unrealistic for large datasets, so automated solutions like PII Tools come in handy. … Read More
The 3 Best Practices for Preventing Data Leaks
Suffering a data leak can be devastating. Depending on the size of your company and the amount of data you store, a single data breach could signal the end of your business. And with the number of data leaks only on the rise, it’s time to implement prevention’s best practices. Data Leaks Although we’ve all most likely heard of dangerous … Read More
Preparing for a Data Breach – Are You Ready?
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.” With billions of data records stolen and lost every year, these words ring truer every day. But can you ever really be “prepared” for a data breach, or are we all just waiting for the second shoe to drop? Inevitability Regarding data breaches, it seems the questions are more “when will the … Read More
How to Identify Leaked Data
A data breach can happen to anyone at any time. Although there are many steps in responding to such a breach, the first is actually locating the data in question. If you’ve suffered a breach of information, how do you identify all affected parties? Detecting the Leak There are multiple ways you can tell you’re dealing with a data breach, … Read More
