Archive for the ‘data governance’ Category
Collaboration within the workplace is not a new concept. However, it has become increasingly crucial in this mobile world as we become more connected across the globe. The proliferation of cloud computing has given rise to a new set of…
May 25, 2018 – that’s probably the biggest day of the decade for the universe of data on the Internet. On this date, Europe’s data protection rules – European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – becomes enforceable. In 2012, the…
In 2015, there were 38% more security incidents than 2014, and an average cost per stolen record – containing sensitive and confidential data – of $154 (the healthcare industry payed the most, at $363 per record). Worse still, even when…
According to data collected by the HHS Office for Civil Rights, over 113 million individuals were affected by protected health information breaches in 2015. Ninety-nine percent of these individuals were victims of hacking, while the remaining 1 percent suffered from…
While it is easy to say and conclude that all data belongs to your organization, complications arise when the person accountable for data ownership has to be identified. Even when the IT department spearheads the process of processing, storing, and…
The future of the cloud seems bright, Cisco predicts that by 2018, 59% of cloud workloads will be created from Software As A Service (SaaS). While these statistics are optimistic, we cannot ignore a few concerns that stifle cloud adoption…
In this article, let us explore a bit about origin of HIPAA privacy & security rules and its major parts such as – who are covered, what information is protected, and what safeguards need to be in place to…
Gartner recently released their 2015 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing(EFSS). The criteria for a vendor to be included in the list are Revenue, Geography, Commercial Availability, Total Users, Largest Deployment, References and Product Capabilities. Most of the…
Data loss prevention can be defined as the strategies to prevent employees from accidentally or unknowingly sending sensitive information outside the corporate network. In an increasingly connected world, there are multiple ways for confidential data to leak outside the confines…
FileCloud competes with Novell Filr for business in the Enterprise File Sync and Share space(EFSS). Before we get into the details, I believe an ideal EFSS system should work across all the popular desktop OSes (Windows, Mac and Linux) and…