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Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Are Retailers Shopping for a Cybersecurity Breach? Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. Today, unfortunately, retailers are again coming back to the spotlight. Similar to many organizations, 36% of retail respondents cited human error as the leading threat.

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The advantages and disadvantages of private cloud 

IBM Big Data Hub

The popularity of private cloud is growing, primarily driven by the need for greater data security. Across industries like education, retail and government, organizations are choosing private cloud settings to conduct business use cases involving workloads with sensitive information and to comply with data privacy and compliance needs.

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GUEST ESSAY: Leveraging best practices and an open standard to protect corporate data

The Last Watchdog

But the challenges are accumulating on multiple fronts: •Cloud computing. One-half of corporate data is now stored in the cloud. Organizations are equipping workers with cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and running enterprise workloads on cloud platforms like AWS. Educate employees.

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Akira ransomware attack on Tietoevry disrupted the services of many Swedish organizations

Security Affairs

The online services of multiple Swedish government agencies, universities, and commercial activities were disrupted by an Akira ransomware attack that hit the Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting Tietoevry. The company said that the ransomware attack took place on Friday night and impacted only one data center in Sweden.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

He pulled together the Michigan Cyber Range , an unclassified, private cloud network initially set up to teach, test and train IT staff to defend their organizations’ networks. Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. Merit has a fascinating heritage. But the program has steadily morphed.

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

For a deeper understanding of how cloud security fits into the broader cybersecurity landscape, explore this article. Retail/E-commerce In the retail and e-commerce sectors, cybersecurity regulations focus on protecting customer payment information and personal data.

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ManagePlus—your journey before, with and beyond RISE with SAP

IBM Big Data Hub

RISE with SAP has not only been a major cloud player in recent years, it’s also become the standard cloud offering from SAP across different products. Especially important is a good understanding of the RACI split around Standard, Additional and Optional Services, along with relevant CAS (Cloud Application Service) packages.

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