Summer is here, and with many organizations still allowing employees flexibility in where they work, it’s expected that some of them will take their job on the road. Many are itching to travel while the weather’s nice and COVID restrictions are light, and the remote work model affords the opportunity …
Data compromises continue to rise in 2022 after hitting an all-time high in 2021. While data breaches increased, the good news is that the number of victims is actually decreasing. Still, the vast increase in breach events points to an increasing need to practice good cyber-hygiene. These organizations unfortunately missed …
The after effects of a data breach can reach far and wide. Lesser seen impact can include the cost of remediation, revenue loss, reputational harm, national security, even human life. The ripple effect of indirect costs—monetary and otherwise—can end up impacting a company’s bottom line for years. Accounting for the …
At the end of March, the PCI Standards Security Council (PCI SSC) publicly released the most recent update to the PCI Data Security Standards (DSS), version 4.0. While much speculation has occurred as to the contents of the new standards—and much of that speculation turned out to be correct—now it’s …
According to the Allianz Risk Barometer, cyber perils are the biggest concern for companies globally this year. Ransomware, data breaches, and major IT outages are proving more worrisome than supply chain disruption or even COVID-19. Review some of the top breaches reported last month, and it’s easy to see why …
It’s true that PKWARE’s most enduring legacy has been the ZIP format that founder Phil Katz developed in conjunction with Gary Conway in the late 1980s. Katz then used this format in his PKZIP program, offering exceptional data compression for that time. The next iteration of PKWARE’s ZIP solutions was …
Most often, the word “encryption” brings to mind decryption keys and complex processes that cause friction to the end users in order to access data. Because of the friction these processes create, it’s common for businesses to use alternate forms of encryption such as disk encryption to meet business or …
If you’re an automotive supplier or service provider, TISAX compliance has become a prerequisite for doing business with any major German automobile company. TISAX is only a few years old, and many organizations are still searching for the right approach to it. What is TISAX and Why Does It Matter? …
On April 5, 2022, IBM unveiled IBM z16, a next-generation system with an integrated on-chip AI accelerator delivering latency-optimizing inferencing. IBM z16 is designed to: Predict and automate with accelerated AI Secure with a cyber resilient system Modernize with hybrid cloud. When this announcement dropped, the world witnessed the arrival …
