How to Scan for PCI DSS Data

Cole PrudenCompliance, Data Protection, PCI DSS

How to Scan for PCI DSS Data

Effortlessly locate every piece of credit card data and streamline your PCI DSS compliance with PII Tools. Perform in-house audits, remediate at-risk data, and avoid potential fines. This is how. Intro to PCI DSS The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS, for short) is an information security standard organized by major credit card companies (Visa, Mastercard, etc.), aimed … Read More

Step-by-Step Employee Training: PII Protection Awareness

Cole PrudenData Protection, Personally Identifiable Information, Reducing Employee Negligence, Sensitive Data Protection

Step-by-Step Employee Training: PII Protection Awareness

As much as 90% of security breaches and data leaks are caused by human error. Follow these 5 Steps to hold your own employee training on PII Protection and Cyber Awareness. Introduction to PII Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, must be a household acronym for all employees. They need to be able to recognize it immediately, as well as show … Read More

Redaction

Cole PrudenData Protection, De-Identification, Personally Identifiable Information, Sensitive Data Protection

Redaction

The best way to safeguard sensitive data is to keep it out of sight — and out of reach.  The 3rd and final section in this 3-part mini-series explores Data Redaction and the irreversible role it plays in PII protection. Let’s get into it. What is Data Redaction? Ever see a spy movie featuring ‘classified’ files? Pages and pages of … Read More

Data Masking

Cole PrudenData Protection, De-Identification, Personally Identifiable Information, Sensitive Data Protection

Data Masking

The best way to safeguard sensitive data is to keep it out of sight — and out of reach.  Part 2 of this 3-part mini-series explores Data Masking and the irreversible role it plays in PII protection. Let’s get into it. What is Data Masking Data masking is a non-reversible transformation process that “masks” sensitive data by partially or fully … Read More

Data De-Identification

Cole PrudenData Protection, De-Identification, Personally Identifiable Information, Sensitive Data Protection

Data De-Identification

The best way to safeguard sensitive data is to keep it out of sight — and out of reach. This 3-part mini-series explores the 3 BEST anonymization tactics for processing and storing protected information. Let’s learn how. What is Data De-Identification? The first TOP method of data anonymization is called Data De-Identification. In layman’s terms, data de-identification is the process … Read More