The Problem The Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program standardizes the way all U.S. government agencies and military entities handle unclassified information that requires safeguarding. It clarifies and limits what kinds of information to protect, defines what is meant by “safeguard,” reinforces existing legislation and regulations, and promotes authorized...

The Problem Over the last several years many compliance regulations have sprung up globally. Organizations doing business in regions covered by these mandates have been forced to change their business practices in order to remain compliant. These regulations require organizations to have visibility into what data they possess, and where it is located. This remains a challenge...

The CCPA bill, passed in 2018, encourages businesses and related entities to be transparent and requires these organizations to report breaches of personal data. The CCPA is more than just a regulation, as it represents a core change in the approach organizations must take to ensure their data remains secure and requires the creation of a data protection strategy for their...

Meet Compliance Requirements to Protect Personal Information in South Africa The mandate of South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is to regulate the processing of personal information. With this Act, data breaches need to be reported by law. Organizations need to develop a clear data protection plan to build trust with customers, drive business growth,...

Challenge: STANAGs 4774, 4778 And NATO today Intelligence and military communities have historically worked in isolated silos. In recent years, these organizations have begun to embrace the need for sharing critical information with allies in an effort to receive similar critical information and intel in return. Because the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) includes...

The aerospace and defense organizations operate on a global scale and handle data that needs to be protected from competitors as well as foreign military and government organizations. Competitive secrets, disparate customer requirements, and government regulations surrounding the sharing of sensitive information are critical considerations in the aerospace and defense...

Since the launch of GDPR in 2018, organizations have been forced to change their business practices in order to remain compliant. GDPR compliance requires organizations to have visibility into what data they possess, and where it is located. This remains a challenge for many organizations who don’t yet have solutions in place to understand where their data lives and what it...

The Australian Government Email Protective Marking Standard (EPMS) is a set of requirements that organizations must follow in order to protect sensitive and classified information that is sent or received by email. The Australian EPMS has been updated several times since its origin in 2005. Read our solution brief to learn about the changes to Email Protective Marking...

The Problem Government agencies collect, use, and store personally identifiable information (PII) about citizens, employees, patients and other individuals every day. Much of this sensitive information is held in unstructured formats such as documents, emails and various other file types, but the exact location and storage of the data is difficult to track. This poses a...

Image Introduction After years of deliberation, the U.S. government’s National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has released more details of its regulation for the protection framework of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The rule is designed to safeguard government data that has not been assigned as confidential...

Fortra’s Data Classification Suite (DCS) helps organizations across the finance and insurance sectors meet the information security regulations mandated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Prudential Standard CPS 234. Noncompliance with APRA can result in substantial fines as well as legal risks and damage to your organization’s reputation. A data breach...