Learn about the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), what type of data it covers, and how to comply with the act's new data breach notification rules, in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

As the wave of data breaches continues to crash down on companies, let’s take a look back at some of the largest and most damaging data breaches on record. Read on for a historical walk through breaches over time as well as resources for preventing data breaches.

Learn about the California Consumer Privacy Act and its larger implications for the rest of the United States in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

We countdown 20 information security tips for payment processors in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

Learn about the Chief Risk Officer role in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

Learn about the Chief Compliance Officer role in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

The PCI Security Standards Council released a new tool Tuesday designed to help small merchants better protect their customers' payment card data.

18 cybersecurity pros weigh in on the considerations companies should make and the mistakes to avoid when building an enterprise data loss prevention solution.

Sinovel, a Chinese turbine manufacturer behind one of the decade's classic insider threat cases, was ordered to pay $1.5M by a federal judge last week for the theft of trade secrets.

California passed a sweeping data privacy bill on Thursday believed to be the strictest in the nation. The law will give consumers the ability to ask what data companies have on them and to sue over data breaches.

Learn what the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is, who it impacts, and how to implement it in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) deadline to disable SSL/early TLS protocols and better protect payment card data is less than two weeks away.

Learn how to develop a data loss prevention strategy - including best practices and policies - in this week's Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

According to a recent survey 40 percent of companies said they won't be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it goes into effect next month.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a new version of its popular Cybersecurity Framework last week.

We agree with Avivah's original assessment: TRADITIONAL Data Loss Prevention is dying.

Learn about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the requirements for compliance in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.

Why are companies becoming more and more interested in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions? Forrester’s senior analyst, Heidi Shey, explains why a DLP resurgence has occurred in the past few years and mentions some of the key criteria for evaluating DLP Suites.

Securing PII is a critical component of many data privacy regulations as well as a valuable way to gain customer trust – here are 10 steps to help keep PII protected within your organization.

Part 5 of our Top Challenges of GDPR series provides tips for implementing a key requirement of GDPR: privacy by design and default.