Data Leakage is an important concern for the business organizations in this increasingly networked world these days. Unauthorized disclosure may have serious consequences for an organization in both long term and short term. Risks include losing clients and stakeholder confidence, tarnishing of brand image, landing in unwanted lawsuits, and overall losing goodwill and market share in the industry.
Data loss is considered by security experts to be one of the most serious threats that businesses currently face.
Maintaining the confidentiality of personal information and data is an essential factor in operating a successful business. People must be able to trust that their service provider takes the appropriate measures to implement security controls that will ultimately protect their privacy.
However, some of the largest and most reputable organizations have fallen victim to data loss security breaches resulting in significant legal, financial, and reputation loss, including [1]:
The Bank of America: Losing the personal employee information of over one million employees
The United States Government: Losing data related to the military
Heartland Payment Systems: Transferring credit card information and other personal records of over 130 million customers
In 2013, it was estimated that data breaches had resulted in the exploitation of over 800 million personal records [2]. This number is also expected to rise over the next several years given the advanced tools that cybercriminals use to steal information and data.
Interestingly, it is not just cybercriminals who represent a threat as:
64% of data loss is caused by well-meaning insiders.
50% of employees leave with data.
$3.5 million average cost of a security breach.
Considering these extensive data breaches, it is practical for organizations to understand where their critical data is located and understanding current security controls that can stop data loss.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions locate critical and personal data for organizations and help prevent data loss. By having a deeper understanding of efficient DLP security controls, you will help protect the reputation of your organization.
For more information contact: rkopaee@riskview.ca
https://www.threatview.ca
http://www.riskview.ca
DATA LOSS PREVENTION ENSURES CRITICAL INFORMATION ARE KEPT SAFELY AT THE CORPORATE NETWORK AND HELPS ADMINISTRATOR CONTROL THE DATA WHAT
END-USERS WISH TO TRANSFER.
Overview of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) TechnologyLiwei Ren任力偉
DLP is a technology that detects potential data breach incidents in timely manner and prevents them by monitoring data in-use (endpoints), in-motion (network traffic), and at-rest (data storage). It has been driven by regulatory compliances and intellectual property protection. This talk will introduce DLP models that describe the capabilities and scope that a DLP system should cover. A few system categories will be discussed accordingly with high-level system architecture. DLP is an interesting technology in that it provides advanced content inspection techniques. As such, a few content inspection techniques will be proposed and investigated in rigorous terms.
Technology Overview - Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP)Iftikhar Ali Iqbal
The presentation provides the following:
- Symantec Corporate Overview
- Solution Portfolio of Symantec
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Introduction
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Components
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Features & Use Cases
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - System Requirements
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Appendix (extra information)
This provides a brief overview of Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Please note all the information is based prior to May 2016 and the full integration of Blue Coat Systems's set of solutions.
Data loss is considered by security experts to be one of the most serious threats that businesses currently face.
Maintaining the confidentiality of personal information and data is an essential factor in operating a successful business. People must be able to trust that their service provider takes the appropriate measures to implement security controls that will ultimately protect their privacy.
However, some of the largest and most reputable organizations have fallen victim to data loss security breaches resulting in significant legal, financial, and reputation loss, including [1]:
The Bank of America: Losing the personal employee information of over one million employees
The United States Government: Losing data related to the military
Heartland Payment Systems: Transferring credit card information and other personal records of over 130 million customers
In 2013, it was estimated that data breaches had resulted in the exploitation of over 800 million personal records [2]. This number is also expected to rise over the next several years given the advanced tools that cybercriminals use to steal information and data.
Interestingly, it is not just cybercriminals who represent a threat as:
64% of data loss is caused by well-meaning insiders.
50% of employees leave with data.
$3.5 million average cost of a security breach.
Considering these extensive data breaches, it is practical for organizations to understand where their critical data is located and understanding current security controls that can stop data loss.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions locate critical and personal data for organizations and help prevent data loss. By having a deeper understanding of efficient DLP security controls, you will help protect the reputation of your organization.
For more information contact: rkopaee@riskview.ca
https://www.threatview.ca
http://www.riskview.ca
DATA LOSS PREVENTION ENSURES CRITICAL INFORMATION ARE KEPT SAFELY AT THE CORPORATE NETWORK AND HELPS ADMINISTRATOR CONTROL THE DATA WHAT
END-USERS WISH TO TRANSFER.
Overview of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) TechnologyLiwei Ren任力偉
DLP is a technology that detects potential data breach incidents in timely manner and prevents them by monitoring data in-use (endpoints), in-motion (network traffic), and at-rest (data storage). It has been driven by regulatory compliances and intellectual property protection. This talk will introduce DLP models that describe the capabilities and scope that a DLP system should cover. A few system categories will be discussed accordingly with high-level system architecture. DLP is an interesting technology in that it provides advanced content inspection techniques. As such, a few content inspection techniques will be proposed and investigated in rigorous terms.
Technology Overview - Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP)Iftikhar Ali Iqbal
The presentation provides the following:
- Symantec Corporate Overview
- Solution Portfolio of Symantec
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Introduction
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Components
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Features & Use Cases
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - System Requirements
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention - Appendix (extra information)
This provides a brief overview of Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Please note all the information is based prior to May 2016 and the full integration of Blue Coat Systems's set of solutions.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) - Fundamental Concept - ErykEryk Budi Pratama
Presented at APTIKNAS (Indonesia ICT Business Association) DKI Jakarta regular webinar.
Title:Data Loss Prevention: Fundamental Concept in Enabling DLP System
2 July 2020
DLP (Data Loss Protection) is NOT dead, but needs to be revisited in the context of new methodologies and threats. Here are some practical steps to improve your cybersecurity awareness and response to data loss.
Presentation talks about introduction to MITRE ATT&CK Framework, different use cases, pitfalls to take care about.. Talk was delivered @Null Bangalore and @OWASP Bangalore chapter on 15th February 2019.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention. Las tendencias mundiales nos muestran que el mayor porcentaje de perdida y robo de datos responde a la falta de visibilidad y el error en el manejo de los mismos. Conozca como prevenirse.
This webinar describes how you can manage the risk of privileged accounts being compromised, creating a breach of sensitive data or other assets in your organization, through privileged access management, or PAM. PAM can reduce risks by hardening your environment in ways no other solution can, but is challenging to deploy. This webinar provides an unbiased perspective on PAM capabilities, lessons learned and deployment challenges, distilling the good practices you need to be successful. It covers:
- PAM definitions, core features and specific security and compliance drivers
- The PAM market landscape and major vendors
- How to integrate PAM with identity management, service ticketing and monitoring
- Avoiding availability and performance issues
Are you aware of the current security threats to your business? Are you prepared to handle the next big DDoS attack? What can you do to be prepared?
Join this webinar to learn about:
- Growing threat landscape
- Challenges to a successful security strategy
- Business impact of attacks
- Securing web applications from attacks
At the highest level, our mission continues to be about keeping our customers (companies and governments) safe from ever-evolving digital threats, so they are confident to move business forward. Our strategy to accomplish this mission centers around four key pillars: Advanced Threat Protection, Information Protection for On Premise and Cloud, Security as a Service -- all anchored by a Unified Security Analytics Platform. Symantec Data Loss Prevention is a foundational product in the Information Protection for On Premise and Cloud pillar.
Everyone knows that storing and accessing data and applications in the cloud and on mobile devices provides makes work much easier and productive by allowing employees to work everywhere they need to.
It allows for great business agility – applications are always up to date, new functionality and processes can be deployed and activated quickly and organizations can adjust things on the fly if they need to.
It also brings the convenience factor – all employees to work in the way that they need to, collaboration and sharing is made vastly easier with cloud applications and storage.
But it brings with it all the challenges of securing devices and applications that your don’t own, and whilst saying NO might be the right thing for security, end users will find a way around it. Right now, close to 30% of employees use their personal devices for work. And that number is on the rise, potentially turning BYOD into Bring Your Own Disaster.
All the essential information you need about DLP in one eBook.
As security professionals struggle with how to keep up with threats, DLP - a technology designed to ensure sensitive data isn't stolen or lost - is hot again. This comprehensive guide provides what you need to understand, evaluate, and succeed with today's DLP. It includes insights from DLP Experts, Forrester Research, Gartner, and Digital Guardian's security analysts.
What's Inside:
-The seven trends that have made DLP hot again
-How to determine the right approach for your organization
-Making the business case to executives
-How to build an RFP and evaluate vendors
-How to start with a clearly defined quick win
-Straight-forward frameworks for success
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) - Fundamental Concept - ErykEryk Budi Pratama
Presented at APTIKNAS (Indonesia ICT Business Association) DKI Jakarta regular webinar.
Title:Data Loss Prevention: Fundamental Concept in Enabling DLP System
2 July 2020
DLP (Data Loss Protection) is NOT dead, but needs to be revisited in the context of new methodologies and threats. Here are some practical steps to improve your cybersecurity awareness and response to data loss.
Presentation talks about introduction to MITRE ATT&CK Framework, different use cases, pitfalls to take care about.. Talk was delivered @Null Bangalore and @OWASP Bangalore chapter on 15th February 2019.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention. Las tendencias mundiales nos muestran que el mayor porcentaje de perdida y robo de datos responde a la falta de visibilidad y el error en el manejo de los mismos. Conozca como prevenirse.
This webinar describes how you can manage the risk of privileged accounts being compromised, creating a breach of sensitive data or other assets in your organization, through privileged access management, or PAM. PAM can reduce risks by hardening your environment in ways no other solution can, but is challenging to deploy. This webinar provides an unbiased perspective on PAM capabilities, lessons learned and deployment challenges, distilling the good practices you need to be successful. It covers:
- PAM definitions, core features and specific security and compliance drivers
- The PAM market landscape and major vendors
- How to integrate PAM with identity management, service ticketing and monitoring
- Avoiding availability and performance issues
Are you aware of the current security threats to your business? Are you prepared to handle the next big DDoS attack? What can you do to be prepared?
Join this webinar to learn about:
- Growing threat landscape
- Challenges to a successful security strategy
- Business impact of attacks
- Securing web applications from attacks
At the highest level, our mission continues to be about keeping our customers (companies and governments) safe from ever-evolving digital threats, so they are confident to move business forward. Our strategy to accomplish this mission centers around four key pillars: Advanced Threat Protection, Information Protection for On Premise and Cloud, Security as a Service -- all anchored by a Unified Security Analytics Platform. Symantec Data Loss Prevention is a foundational product in the Information Protection for On Premise and Cloud pillar.
Everyone knows that storing and accessing data and applications in the cloud and on mobile devices provides makes work much easier and productive by allowing employees to work everywhere they need to.
It allows for great business agility – applications are always up to date, new functionality and processes can be deployed and activated quickly and organizations can adjust things on the fly if they need to.
It also brings the convenience factor – all employees to work in the way that they need to, collaboration and sharing is made vastly easier with cloud applications and storage.
But it brings with it all the challenges of securing devices and applications that your don’t own, and whilst saying NO might be the right thing for security, end users will find a way around it. Right now, close to 30% of employees use their personal devices for work. And that number is on the rise, potentially turning BYOD into Bring Your Own Disaster.
All the essential information you need about DLP in one eBook.
As security professionals struggle with how to keep up with threats, DLP - a technology designed to ensure sensitive data isn't stolen or lost - is hot again. This comprehensive guide provides what you need to understand, evaluate, and succeed with today's DLP. It includes insights from DLP Experts, Forrester Research, Gartner, and Digital Guardian's security analysts.
What's Inside:
-The seven trends that have made DLP hot again
-How to determine the right approach for your organization
-Making the business case to executives
-How to build an RFP and evaluate vendors
-How to start with a clearly defined quick win
-Straight-forward frameworks for success
Nowadays Organisations rely on data heavily to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their business activities. It is necessary for organisations to secure their database from external attack in other to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability. Different approaches to protect sensitive database are needed in an enterprise environment and can be combined together to strengthen an organization's security posture, while minimizing the cost and effort of data protection. Some of which are explained below. 1
DLP 101: Help identify and plug information leaksAbhishek Sood
A data loss prevention (DLP) strategy isn’t something to be taken lightly: its cost, impact on process, and responsibility for keeping an enterprise’s data secure cannot be understated as data becomes more accessible and mobile.
In this e-guide discover:
What it means for security for data to be in use, in motion, and at rest
How DLP works: standalone vs. integrated
The DLP learning curve
And more
Lions, Tigers, and PHI, Oh My! The latest in data loss prevention in the cloud.Netskope
Let’s face it: When it comes to data loss prevention, we’re not in Kansas anymore. Any and all types of sensitive business data is now stored in the cloud and accessed from personal devices and most of the time, IT doesn’t even know it. This presentation is from a webinar with our guest speaker Forrester VP and Principal Analyst John Kindervag and Netskope VP of Product Management Rajneesh Chopra. In it, they explore the following:
- Trends surrounding cloud and data loss prevention
- How on-premises DLP users have helped shape the design of new, cloud-based solutions
- Key architectural considerations for enterprises who have invested in on-premises DLP
- Pitfalls that every IT security professional should look out for when developing a cloud DLP strategy
ISO/IEC 27001 & ISO/IEC 27002:2022: What you need to knowPECB
Data is one of the most crucial assets within an organization, hence, it is highly important to prioritize its security.
How would ISO/IEC 27002:2022 and ISO/IEC 27001 help you in this regard?
The webinar covers
• ISO/IEC 27001
• Latest changes in the ISO/IEC 27002:2022
• The relation between ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002:2022
• How the latest changes in the ISO/IEC 27002:2022 impacts your business?
Presenters:
Carl Carpenter
Carl is a former CISO of a $6B entity where he was responsible for protecting data of all types and regulatory environments such as FFIEC, HIPAA, and PCI as well as working with the FBI, IRS, and US Department of Labor around investigations relating to money laundering. He has performed assessments against Fortune 10 and 50 companies in the areas of GDPR, CCPA, ISO/IEC 27001 and currently performs CMMC assessments as well as CMMC pre-audit support to help ensure a successful CMMC audit. Prior to that, Carl retired from the US Military where he was involved in counter-terrorist, counter-narcotics, counter-intelligence operations and training foreign military members in these same concepts. Carl is also a PECB trainer in ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27032, and CMMC Foundations and holds numerous other certifications.
In 2016, Carl joined Arrakis Consulting where he started as an auditor and providing CISO-as-a-Service to small or medium sized companies that needed more experience without increased cost. In 2017, Carl added active penetration testing to his portfolio of skills and routinely performs penetration tests against companies of all sizes. Carl also trains people on a variety of skills such as penetration testing, network engineering, network administration, OSI model, subnetting, etc…
Carl holds a Bachelors from Western Governors University in Network Security and Operations as well as numerous certifications from ITIL, Cisco, CompTIA, Microsoft, CMMC-AB, ISACA, OneTrust, RSA, PCI Council, Citrix, and Novell
Andreas Christoforides
Mr. Christoforides is an active IT auditor and a trainer for a various organization on Information Security Management Systems. He is a member of the Cyprus Computer Society, a PECB certified trainer for ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301 and GDPR CDPO, and a former Deputy Head of IT Infrastructure at a Bulgarian Leading Bank.
In 2019, he joined BEWISE and delivered to clients a wide range of Cybersecurity projects in the areas of strategy, governance and risk management, data privacy and protection (GDPR), and business resilience and recovery. He conducts IT Risk Assessments and develops IT policies and procedures towards establishing an effective and secure IT Governance framework.
Mr. Christoforides holds a BEng degree from Birmingham City University and a variety of other qualifications from Microsoft and CISCO.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/tWyuEiXVHnY
Complete network security protection for sme's within limited resourcesIJNSA Journal
The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive budget conscious security plan for smaller
enterprises that lacksecurity guidelines.The authors believethis paper will assist users to write an
individualized security plan. In addition to providing the top ten free or affordable tools get some sort of
semblance of security implemented, the paper also provides best practices on the topics of Authentication,
Authorization, Auditing, Firewall, Intrusion Detection & Monitoring, and Prevention. The methods
employed have been implemented at Company XYZ referenced throughout.
Unlocking AI Potential: Leveraging PIA Processes for Comprehensive Impact Ass...TrustArc
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in various industries, from healthcare to finance and beyond. While AI offers incredible opportunities, it also raises ethical, legal, and social challenges that must be addressed. To navigate this complex landscape in the world of privacy, it is crucial to conduct comprehensive Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs).
Conducting PIAs in this dynamic and evolving world of AI has brought new challenges to the privacy world. With AI increasingly being integrated into different areas of our lives, understanding the intersection between AI and PIAs is essential for any organization to ensure they are privacy forward.
Take advantage of this opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of AI impact assessments and their role in shaping the future of AI. In this insightful webinar, our experts will explore the power of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) in ensuring responsible AI development and deployment.
In this webinar, some key topics that will be covered include:
- Introduction to AI PIAs
- PIAs demystified (why they are essential in the context of AI)
- Explore the evolving legal and regulatory landscape governing AI and privacy, including GDPR, CCPA, and other international standards
- Best practices for conducting effective PIAs in AI projects
- Future outlooks for AI and PIAs
The GDPR requires organizations — both “data controllers” and “data processors” — to strengthen their data protection and security measures to protect the personally identifiable information (PII) of EU citizens, and to demonstrate their compliance at any time. See how Quest solutions can help make it easier to ensure that your customer on-premises, cloud or hybrid environment meets GDPR compliance requirements.
DLP solutions are great at controlling the flow of information, However, it doesn’t provide end-to-end security and can reduce productivity. With Seclore, organizations can accelerate DLP’s deployment by adding protection to emails and documents that would otherwise be blocked. Seclore can automatically add persistent, granular usage controls to the email and document before they are sent.
Data loss prevention (DLP) is a set of tools and processes used to ensure that sensitive data is not lost, misused, or accessed by unauthorized users.
Data Loss Prevention solutions help companies avoid data loss incidents through a continuous data monitoring process across endpoints, networks and clouds.
COMPLETE NETWORK SECURITY PROTECTION FOR SME’SWITHIN LIMITED RESOURCESIJNSA Journal
The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive budget conscious security plan for smaller enterprises that lacksecurity guidelines.The authors believethis paper will assist users to write an individualized security plan. In addition to providing the top ten free or affordable tools get some sort of semblance of security implemented, the paper also provides best practices on the topics of Authentication, Authorization, Auditing, Firewall, Intrusion Detection & Monitoring, and Prevention. The methods employed have been implemented at Company XYZ referenced throughout.
ISO 27004 provides guidance and describes a set of best practices for measuring the result of ISMS in an organization. The standard specifies how to set up a measurement program, what parameters to measure, when to measure, how to measure and helps organizations to decide on how to set performance targets and success criteria.
The RBI constituted the Working Group on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds, which produced its report in January 2011. The Working Group was headed by Mr. G. Gopalakrishna and is popularly known as the Gopalakrishna Committee Report. The presentation below highlights some of the salient points, with special emphasis on Chapters 1 (IT Governance), 3 (IT Operations) and 4 (IT Outsourcing). The original report is available here http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/PublicationReport/Pdfs/WREB210111.pdf. Our analysis of this is available here http://www.niiconsulting.com/innovation/RBI%20Guidelines_Summary.pdf.
NII provides advisory services to Banks to help them comply with the Guidelines in the Report.
“Understanding PCI DSS and PA DSS is crucial to the role of a penetration tester. Quoting the relevant PCI-DSS or PA-DSS control reference for your findings would help demonstrate the proper risk arising from common security findings such as support of older SSL versions, weak encryption when storing cardholder data, lack of proper logs from the application, and of course the entire gamut of web application security bugs”.
Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targeting an organization to glean out confidential data and gain unauthorized access to organization's confidential data or internal network. Attacker may be motivated to carry confidential internal information to seek out financial gain, trade secrets or proprietary information.
The emails sent to internal employees in spear phishing attempt appear to originate from a high ranking authoritative source positioned in the company. It is purposefully done so that very few people will question the intent regarding this request and readily provide the "supposed authority" with the requested details.
The explosive growth in the popularity of mobile devices and growth in their powerful features has led to a sharp rise in the usage of smartphones, tablets and mobile POS devices in the corporate world. Apart from the mobility advantage, these devices have become more efficient to offer better business growth and increased networking advantage to bring better employee productivity at the workplace. As the market for these devices continues to develop at an exponential rate, concerns about the safety of the sensitive corporate data present on mobile device, in transit or at rest also grow proportionately as the tracking the data, relying on its integrity becomes increasingly challenging. Further enforcing corporate governance, complying with local laws and trans-border regulations also pose a serious challenge in this case. Hence a technical method to secure, monitor, manage and supports mobile devices deployed across mobile operators, service providers and enterprises is need of the hour which has led to the development of Mobile Device Management(MDM).
What does IT Act 2000 legislation deals with? The Act essentially deals with the following issues: Legal Recognition of Electronic Documents, Legal Recognition of Digital Signatures, Offenses and Contraventions, Justice Dispensation Systems for cyber crimes.
Information Rights Management is the set of techniques and methods which protect the highly sensitive information of the organization irrespective of the file location whether it resides "in" or "outside" the corporate boundaries. This happens as the permissions embedded inside the file don't allow unauthorized access, modification, copying or printing. This is typically done for protection of financial documents, intellectual property such as patents, design blueprints and executive communications.
A Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by using multiple hosts attempting to connect simultaneously to the victim machine. It generally consists of the efforts of one or more people to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet. Attackers typically target sites of high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root name servers.
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are a serious concern as they represent a threat to an organization’s intellectual property, financial assets and reputation. In some cases, these threats target critical infrastructure and government institutions, thereby threatening the country’s national security itself.
The modern Nessus scanner comes with an XML-RPC interface
to control the built-in scanner engine. We review available command-line
tools and programming libraries to automate scanning of large networks.
We will demonstrate some tools we have developed for this purpose.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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Contents
1. I N T R O D U C T I O N 5
W H A T I S D LP? [ 1 ] 5
2. D A T A L O S S V S . D A T A L E A K A G E 5
a. Types of DLP systems: 5
3. G E N E R I C D A T A L E A K A G E P R E V E N T I O N 6
a. Deploy Security Mechanisms 6
b. Advanced security measures 6
4. D LP SOL UTIO NS 7
a. Mechanisms for classifying sensitive information : 7
b. Popular DLP Solution Vendors: 7
5. C A T E G O R I E S OF D LP [ 1 ] 7
a. Network DLP (aka Data in Motion) 7
b. Storage DLP (aka Data at Rest) 7
c. Endpoint DLP (aka Data in Use) 7
6. D A T A I D E N T I F I C A T I O N [ 1 ] 8
7. P R E P A R I N G F O R D LP I M P L E M E N T A T I O N [ 2 ] 8
8. D LP I M P L E M E N T A T I O N C H A L L E N G E S 8
a. Other implementation challenges: 8
9. R E F E R E N C E S 9
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1. I NTRODUCTION
Data Leakage is an important concern for the business organizations in this increasingly
networked world these days. Unauthorized disclosure may have serious consequences
for an organization in both long term and short term. Risks include losing clients and
stakeholder confidence, tarnishing of brand image, landing in unwanted lawsuits, and
overall losing goodwill and market share in the industry. To prevent from all these
unwanted and unpleasant activities from happening, an organized effort is needed to
control the information flow inside and outside the organization. Here is our attempt to
demystify the jargon surrounding the DLP procedures which will help you to choose
and apply the best suitable option for your own business.
What is DLP? [1]
Data Leakage Prevention is the category of solutions which help an organization to
apply controls for preventing the unwanted accidental or malicious leakage of sensitive
information to unauthorized entities in or outside the organization. Here sensitive
information may refer to organization's internal process documents, strategic business
plans, intellectual property, financial statements, security policies, network diagrams,
blueprints etc.
2. D ATA L OSS VS . D ATA L EAKAGE
Data Loss pertains to actual "loss" of information with no trace present in original site
while data leakage pertains to the disclosure of information with originating site left
unmodified.
a. Types of DLP systems:
Information Leak Detection and Prevention (IDLP)
Information Leak Prevention (ILP)
Content Monitoring and Filtering (CMF)
Information Protection and Control (IPC),
Extrusion Prevention System (EPS)
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3. G ENERIC D ATA L EAKAGE P REVENTION
a. Deploy Security Mechanisms
To protect against inside and outside attacks we can deploy common security
mechanisms, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDSs), and antivirus
software. A better design is always to place these security mechanisms at appropriate
places in the corporate network so that it becomes increasingly "hard" for the attacker
to breach the corporate network. A "design in depth" strategy can be helpful to protect
the most valuable and business critical assets of the organization. Within the
organization, using thin-client architecture (with no sensitive data stored on client
machine) can also reduce the data leakage to a great extent.
b. Advanced security measures
We can install behaviour and pattern based monitoring tools to detect and stop the
malicious activities before they happen. Care has to be taken that very less false positive
alerts are generated and specific log trails with timestamps are recorded all the time on
the monitoring server. These security mechanisms rely on reasoning algorithm to learn
and subsequently detect abnormal data access, suspicious mail exchange etc.
A good practice would be to set them in conjunction with honeypots for detecting
malicious intent of the individual by gathering as much information about his activities
to rule out any possibility of "false positives". This with combination of log trails can
effectively single out the adversary and can help in formation of a strong case in legal
proceedings if needed.
c. Access control and encryption
Device control, access control, and encryption are the basic means by which sensitive
information can be protected from malicious outsider and insider attacks. Good
practices must include proper log maintenance on every access attempt, and "strong"
encryption done for "business critical" data. Encryption keys must be stored in secure
separate places.
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4. DLP SOLUTIONS
Designated DLP solutions detect and prevent unauthorized attempts to copy or send
sensitive data, intentionally or unintentionally, by authorized personnel who have
access the sensitive information.
a. Mechanisms for classifying sensitive information :
Exact data matching,
Data fingerprinting,
Statistical methods,
Rule and regular expression matching,
Lexicons,
Conceptual definitions, and
Keywords
b. Popular DLP Solution Vendors:
Websense
McAfee
RSA
Symantec
Trend Micro
MyDLP (Open-source)
5. C ATEGORIES OF DLP [1]
a. Network DLP (aka Data in Motion)
A software or hardware solution that is installed at the end points near network
perimeter. It analyzes network traffic to detect sensitive data that is being sent in
violation of information security policies.
b. Storage DLP (aka Data at Rest)
This usually involves a mechanism (agent or agent-less) to prevent unauthorized access
to the data stored on your hard drive and/or USB sticks. Data at Rest must be regularly
checked with data retention policies of the organization and compliance procedures as
it might have increased probability to be leaked out. Phased-out data must be securely
disposed such that data forensic techniques can't recover back the deleted data.
c. Endpoint DLP (aka Data in Use)
Such systems run on end-user workstations or servers in the organization. They are
used to control information flow between groups or types of users. They prevent
conflict-of-interest between 2 or more group of users within the organization also. They
control email and IM communications before being stored in the corporate archive.
These systems have the advantage that they can provide application controls to block
attempted transmissions of confidential information from physical devices with
spontaneous user feedback. Disadvantage is that they need to be installed on every
workstation in the network, and can't be used on mobile devices.
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6. D ATA IDENTIFICATION [1]
Here, DLP techniques are used to identify sensitive data (in motion, at rest, or in use).
Care has to be taken to ensure the accuracy of the DLP technology is high enough to
ensure lower rates of false-positive reporting. Heavy testing must be done to ensure
that data reported can be well relied upon.
They are of 2 methods:
Precise: Methods which can pinpoint and report almost zero false positives
Imprecise: Comprise of keywords, lexicons, regular expressions, Meta tags,
Bayesian analysis, statistical analysis etc. All have greater chances of false
positive reporting.
7. P REPARING FOR DLP I MPLEMENTATION [2]
So, you are all geared up and ready for DLP implementation. But before doing that you
must ensure to do your homework with either your IT team with steering committee or
seek professional help for doing the following:
Identify all organization’s assets. Mark their critical value and its impact to
business.
Evaluate the risk of the critical and sensitive data both in qualitative and
quantitative terms.
Evaluate possible data leakage avenues.
Decide how this data should be protected and how those avenues can be
plugged.
Agree upon a cost effective DLP solution as per your requirement and team's
analysis
8. DLP I MPLEMENTATION C HALLENGES
User resistance for change is the most difficult obstacle which has to be handled with
greatest care. Training workshops and seminars must be held on regular basis to infuse
confidence in them for adopting DLP procedures. The effectiveness of DLP solution
must be closely monitored to iron out any issues if they arise during implementation.
Recommended review duration is 3-6 months.
Likewise, over-optimism also needs to be checked upon as people tend to get carried
away and get over dependent on the DLP technology. Policy and procedure framework
must be properly documented and accordingly implemented.
a. Other implementation challenges:
Under-estimation of the time and effort involved
Lack of trained resources
Perception that ownership resides with IT
Underestimation of the expense (TCO) involved
False positives
Ignoring the legal & regulatory framework
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9. R EFERENCES
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_loss_prevention_software
2. http://www.niiconsulting.com/solutions/dlp.html
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