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The Biggest Blindspot in Cybersecurity Today

The Link between Third-Parties, Connected Storage, & your
Confidential Data

Today, over 90% of data breaches are
opportunistic attacks versus cyber

criminals setting out to target a particular
company. Cyber criminals are out there
scanning the entire internet looking for
unprotected data and open servers. Cyber
criminals are opportunistically going after
this low hanging-data to find their next
victim and paycheck.

We’ve heard time and time again, “data is the oil of the digital
era”. Data has become a good that can be traded. Data drives
innovation, drives efficiency, according to economists it’s worth
more than gold, and it can destroy a company’s reputation in one
fell swoop.

Across all industries, data security is a topic at the forefront of
everyone’s minds. Businesses today understand all too well what
is at stake and the inevitability of an error. The challenge of data
protection grows by the day as organizations increasingly share
customer data across teams, partners and third-party contractors. Pierre Cabannes
It’s the entire ecosystem at stake. Head of International Markets
CybelAngel
While data exposure may be a necessary evil, the damages
associated with them can be stopped. The risk is only going to
continue growing, while many current security measures fall short
to capture the root of the problem. Data security is more important
than ever before, and by harnessing the power of Machine Learning
and Artificial Intelligence, it’s time to get to the root of leaks.

The fundamental challenge of third-parties
It’s time for a paradigm shift in the way organizations view data
leaks. For a long time, the cybersecurity industry has focused on
sealing up their internal networks in order to keep external threat
actors out.

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