Unwanted Data Acquisition in Emails

Return to sender: the threat of unwanted sensitive data acquisition via email

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag=Adaptive Redaction'>Adaptive Redaction</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Compliance'>Compliance</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Email Security'>Email Security</a> Over 281 billion emails are sent every day. In today’s technology-driven world, email is undoubtedly the main tool for business communication, and it’s estimated that the average employee will receive 121 emails per day. However, email communication does ... Read More
Top Threats 2018

Cyber Threats & Technology Tips That Your Business Can’t Ignore

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> <a href='/blog?tag='></a> 2018 has seen a number of new threats introduced into the cyberscape as well as an evolution of traditional threats. This means businesses need to be more prepared than ever for a data breach and have the latest tools ... Read More
Phishing with Invisible Ink

Phishing with Invisible Ink

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag=Phishing'>Phishing</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Cyber-attacks'>Cyber-attacks</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data Loss Prevention'>Data Loss Prevention</a> By Dr. Guy Bunker You might remember as a child, there was a revelation…invisible ink. Whether it was lemon juice, or the more modern (and frankly less messy) pen with UV light, there was suddenly something interesting in ... Read More
Website skimming

Website skimming is on the rise and your organization needs to be prepared

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag=Web Security'>Web Security</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Cyber Security'>Cyber Security</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Cyber-attacks'>Cyber-attacks</a> Last month, British Airways was hacked and 380,000 payment details were stolen. In the immediate aftermath, the question on everyone’s minds was, in the era of GDPR, whether the airline would see a substantial fine. While there have ... Read More

Heath Davies, Finance Monthly – CEO Award Winner 2018

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Language EnglishTags: Clearswift is delighted to announce that Clearswift’s CEO, Heath Davies, has been recognized in this year’s Finance Monthly CEO Awards. This win celebrates Heath’s ambition and his continuous drive to successfully lead and grow the global Clearswift organization. The awards, held annually, celebrate CEOs from across the globe ... Read More
Tell-tale signs of a spoofed email and 3 things you can do to stop them

Tell-tale signs of a spoofed email and 3 things you can do to stop them

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Language EnglishTags: By Dr. Guy Bunker At Clearswift, we use our own products in-house (as you would expect) and I tend to look at things which happen ‘deep in the machine’… because, at heart, I am still an engineer. Something caught my eye recently. It was an email in PMM ... Read More
Insider Threat

GDPR and the Insider Threat: How new regulations are changing our data handling habits

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag=GDPR'>GDPR</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Advanced Threat Protection'>Advanced Threat Protection</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Internal Threats'>Internal Threats</a> The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been covered extensively over the past year and has come to sit at the forefront of employees’ mind. Having been implemented on 25th May 2018, the stories are dying ... Read More
OCR

Has Your Multifunction Printer Become A Data Loss Risk? Consider DLP For Images.

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag=Email Security'>Email Security</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Data Loss Prevention'>Data Loss Prevention</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Adaptive Redaction'>Adaptive Redaction</a> Do you have one of those multi-purpose photocopier / printer / scanners? I’m sure you will say that you have several, but how are they used? And do you understand the potential cyber risks ... Read More
Internal Threat

Internal breaches: The threat that’s too close to home

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Language EnglishTags: There were 5,207 breaches in 2017, a 20% increase from the previous year. However, despite a common belief that attacks mostly involve cyber espionage or are state-sponsored, our research found that 42% of security incidents actually come from inside the organization. Since the introduction of data protection laws, ... Read More
Weaponizing GDPR

Weaponizing GDPR: When right to be forgotten gets ugly

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Language EnglishTags: <a href='/blog?tag=GDPR'>GDPR</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Information Governance'>Information Governance</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Compliance'>Compliance</a> It’s estimated that just 61% of UK businesses were ready for the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) on 25th May, meaning almost 40% of organizations are not compliant with the new regulations. Many of these companies are ... Read More