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Data loss prevention enables organizations to protect their sensitive data. Data loss prevention is a set of software tools, processes and data security practices that help prevent unauthorized access, misuse or loss of sensitive or critical data.
Although CISA doesn't provide specific password recommendations in the ransomware guidance, it recommends following the NIST password security guidelines. In one analysis it was discovered 83% of compromised passwords satisfy the password length and complexity requirements of regulatory password standards.
Every year hundreds of millions of malware attacks occur worldwide, and every year businesses deal with the impact of viruses, worms, keyloggers, and ransomware. Businesses need to defend against malware entering the network, and then on top of that have systems and processes in place to restrict the damage that malware can do if it infects a user device.
ESET researchers have uncovered a compromise of an East Asian data loss prevention company. The attackers utilized at least three malware families during the intrusion, compromising both the internal update servers and third-party tools utilized by the company.
A cyberespionage actor known as Tick has been attributed with high confidence to a compromise of an East Asian data-loss prevention company that caters to government and military entities. "The attackers compromised the DLP company's internal update servers to deliver malware inside the software developer's network, and trojanized installers of legitimate tools used by the company, which eventually resulted in the execution of malware on the computers of the company's customers," ESET researcher Facundo Muñoz said.
The ransomware attack on Rackspace has taught us the importance of good cybersecurity habits. Rackspace took to social media on December 6, 2022, posting on Twitter that the outage resulted from a ransomware attack.
Before digging into DLP specifics, consider the deceptive marketing behind data loss prevention "As a service." The name implies that DLP is just one aspect of maintaining a security posture, when in fact, preventing data loss encompasses almost all of cybersecurity. An organization must ensure they have the right people, with the right experience, and enough of them to implement DLP properly.
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