2023 is already flipping data privacy on its head. Initially started by the GDPR, this trend is well on its way to taking over the globe. So, what changings to data privacy should YOU be on the lookout for this year? Taking the World by Storm Experts have estimated that a whopping 65% of the world’s population has its personal … Read More
A Simple Breakdown of CCPA Compliance
The CCPA can be as complicated as it is far-reaching. And with California’s population of nearly 40 million, compliance is a must for many international companies. So, what exactly is the CCPA all about, how does it pertain to you, and what does compliance mean for your business? The CCPA Explained As of Jan. 1, 2020, a new data privacy … Read More
PII De-Identification vs. Masking vs. Redaction
Are you struggling between processing your clients’ PII needed to complete orders while keeping that same info away from any wandering eyes? Data de-identification, masking, and redaction are just a few of the options open to you. What exactly are they and how do they work? De-Identification To put it plainly, de-identification is the process of removing identifying information from … Read More
The New CPRA Umbrella Covers HR Data
Is it too early to start talking about New Year’s resolutions? Well, come January 1st, 2023, the only goal for many HR departments will be unraveling the CPRA’s latest privacy law on HR data. So, will you wait until after Christmas to finally see what all the fuss is about, or will you dive into the CPRA deep end while … Read More
Regular Audits: Do You Really Need Them?
There’s nothing worse than wasting time and money, so is there any benefit to reviewing the data you store? Well, unless you want to be like the kid who never studies for tests, regular audits may be the only thing keeping you out of the principal’s office. To Audit or Not to Audit? By this point, I would hope none … Read More
How to remediate PII?
PII Tools lets you automatically quarantine, erase, and redact files and emails to sanitize high-risk data. It works equally well over local data (file shares, laptops, devices) and cloud data (including Exchange emails and their attachments, Sharepoint, OneDrive), so let’s explore how to apply remediation to your workflow. Let’s assume you’ve already identified where the sensitive data lives and which … Read More
Creating Data Leak Reports
In this guide, you will learn how to create data leak reports with PII Tools. Launching a scan The first step towards the successful management of any data leak is to identify what was in the breached data. Open your PII Tools and, on the left side, select Launch Scan. If you performed the scan already, skip to the next … Read More
Data Leaks: How to Eliminate Employee Error
Nearly 90% of breach incidents are caused by human error. No matter the size of the company, the employees hold the key to reducing potential data loss. What can you do to eliminate data leaks from occurring in your business? What is a Data Leak? A data leak, often called a data breach, is the intentional or unintentional release of … Read More
Learning the Difference Between Data Privacy and Data Security
Companies often believe that by securing their sensitive data, they automatically comply with the requirements of various data privacy regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, etc.). Unfortunately, this is not the case. Let’s take a look at these two terms to understand the difference and make sure you adhere to both. It’s a bad habit to treat data security and data privacy … Read More
Export PII drill-down reports
In the latest February release (version 2.4.0), we combined Personal Data Analytics search with dynamic HTML report generation to make GDPR compliance and auditing easier. PII Tools already supports dynamic PII Analytics queries to locate personal, sensitive and intimate information. It also generates drill-down PII audit reports for completed data scans. In the latest release, we combined these two capabilities. You can now … Read More
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2