How to avoid exposing masked data?
New Year, old worries! Information security will continue to be the main business concern in 2020. Attacks by hackers are increasingly sophisticated and unpredictable and the threats keep increasing. For this reason, data masking will increasingly be a solution sought by IT professionals. Data masking aims at creating a structurally identical but not equal version of the data. This technique creates a database with fictitious but realistic information that can be used for testing and training purposes. Data masking solutions offer a variety of sophisticated scrambling techniques to protect sensitive data, irreversibly replacing it with unrealistic data while maintaining referential integrity of the database. In today’s article, we will see how we can avoid exposing masked data!
The Advantages of Masking Your Data with Datapeers
Protecting data is essential, especially the most sensitive data. No business wants to see its data exposed, as such a situation can lead a business to bankruptcy. More than ever, companies are concerned about the security of their information as a result of the growing importance that data has gained in recent years. One of the most effective ways to protect confidential information is through data masking. Data masking aims at creating a structurally identical but not equal version of the data. This technique creates a database with fictitious but realistic information that can be used for testing and training purposes. Data masking solutions offer a variety of sophisticated scrambling techniques to protect sensitive data, irreversibly replacing it with unrealistic data while maintaining referential integrity of the database. It is therefore a real and growing need in contemporary organizations. In today’s article, we present the advantages of masking your data with Datapeers!
5 unforgivable errors in the handling of confidential data under the RGPD
The new data protection law has been in place since May 2018, but there are many companies that still make serious mistakes in the handling of sensitive data. Failure to comply with the law can lead the company to pay huge fines, so you need to take extra care when dealing with private data. In today’s article, we address the 5 unforgivable errors in the handling of confidential data under the GDPR!
10 facts you need to know about GDPR
GDPR came into force a year ago, and at the moment there is a general state of apathy regarding this new regulation. It easily goes unnoticed that the GDPR has emerged to boost opportunities, to review and enforce data protection policies. There has not been a very significant attention and adherence on the part of the organizations to this new legal obligation, which is a mistake, because despite the lack of interest that companies demonstrate, fines have already been imposed in Europe due to legal violations of the GDPR. In today’s article, we’ll give you 10 facts you need to know about GDPR!
“I was fined for violating GDPR. What should I do?”
The GDPR is already in place and has already begun to make its first “victims”. Many people doubted the existence of large fines, but the truth is that several European companies were fined due to legal failures. Among the main causes of fines are the following: undue access to data by an excessive number of users, breach of data integrity and confidentiality due to lack of preventive measures and inability to ensure the technical implementation of previous measures. Companies that are fined for failure to comply with the new legislation have a long way to go to regain the trust of their customers and other stakeholders. In today’s article, we leave some tips for getting back on the heels of a GDPR fine!
7 tips for rapid adaptation to GDPR
The process of adapting the General Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR) to the Portuguese reality has not been easy. Although the European diploma has been in force since May 25, 2018, there are still many companies that fail to meet all the standards associated with the new legislation. The National Comission of Data Protection has passed fines to defaulters and it is urgent that companies work to comply with all the obligations that exist in the law. In today’s article, we present 7 tips for rapid adaptation to GDPR!
What changed in the companies in 2018 with GDPR?
Undoubtedly, the GDPR was the major security issue in 2018. The new legislation brought new ways of dealing with data and brought many questions to businesses. The new law has been applied to ensure greater privacy of personal data of citizens of the European Union, especially online. But after 8 months, what has really changed in companies with the arrival of GDPR?
Learn how to analyze the vulnerability of your IT system
In an increasingly digital market, information security is a growing concern in companies. The data generated daily is the most precious asset of organizations and, due to data protection laws, it is necessary to ensure compliance with legal requirements so that the company is not penalized. It is essential to know how to analyze the vulnerability of an IT system. In today’s article, we leave you important tips so you can analyze the vulnerability of your system!
The definitive guide of the General Data Protection Regulation
The new general data protection regulation came into effect in May this year and despite all the information that has been generated around this new law, the truth is that many companies still feel lost and have not yet begun to protect their information. For this reason, we have prepared a definitive guide with all the information you need to know to protect your business under the new data protection law!
Data protection in Brazil: get to know everything that will change with the new law (LGPD)
New technologies create a large number of opportunities for optimizing resources, but when misused they can compromise the security of citizens’ information. One of the biggest concerns of all companies is the protection of information. Never before had the need to protect data been so evident. Citizens must have control over their personal data and the legal framework of digital business should be simplified and clarified. This happens because, unfortunately, often the personal data of users are illegally captured, which can compromise their entire privacy. All this scenario has boosted the creation of the General Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR) for the European Union, which came into force in May this year, and now Brazil is preparing to receive a new law very similar to the one that already exists in Europe. After more than 8 years of debates in civil society, here comes Law No. 13,709/2018, the Brazilian data protection law. The legislation (LGPD) was sanctioned on August 14 and is expected to come into force in February of 2020. In this article, we highlight the main aspects of this new legislation!
