Erfan Shadabi

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Data protection is the bedrock of good cybersecurity posture. But the foundation of data protection is discovery and classification. As the old adage goes: You can’t protect what you can’t see. Only with true visibility comes the knowledge and context required to apply the right type of protection to the ... Read More

For two decades, payments security industry body the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has demanded compliance with an ever-growing set of rigorous technical and operational requirements in order to protect cardholder data. PCI DSS 4.0 is the biggest update to its payment card industry data security standard since its ... Read More

AI is changing the way businesses operate across the globe. But one sector with arguably the biggest potential for AI-powered digital transformation is financial services. In fact, it is already one of the most prolific users of the technology, accounting for nearly a fifth of market use. But greater use ... Read More

We’ve come a long way in a relatively short space of time. Cybersecurity was long viewed as a business cost, rather than an enabler. Boards dismissed it as a matter purely for the IT department—a black box with little or no strategic value. But in recent years there has been ... Read More

In the first half of 2022 in the US there were nearly 1,400 publicly reported data breaches impacting an estimated 157 million victims. That in itself would seem to be a pretty effective advert for revisiting and enhancing data security strategy. But it’s not the only one. Security should be ... Read More

These are challenging times to run a business. From SMBs up to the largest enterprises, no organization has been untouched by profound changes in the global economy. In a world characterized by geopolitical and economic uncertainty, everyone is looking to make the right decisions for sustainable growth. More often than ... Read More

In a world where vendor marketing is all-pervasive, trustworthy industry data can be a godsend for the time-poor IT buyer. Now in its 18th year, the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report offers a useful snapshot of industry trends to put the claims of some tech players into perspective ... Read More

Cybersecurity is an arms race, pure and simple. As one side enhances its offensive capabilities, the other must respond in kind by improving their defenses. Thus, as threat actors became increasingly skilled at circumventing perimeter security through phished or brute-forced credentials, or vulnerability exploitation, network defenders responded by focusing more ... Read More

Technology innovation is both a blessing and a curse. Organizations keen to drive sustainable growth in a world of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, must continually keep a watchful eye on the latest emerging trends. But these same developments might also expand the corporate cyber-attack surface to threat actors looking for ... Read More

The death of the password has been predicted for nearly two decades. Yet in 2023, the majority of organizations still use static credentials to control access to some of their most important digital assets. Why? Largely because of the cost and user resistance challenges associated with alternatives. Yet these same ... Read More