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Data Classification: Enabling Compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, & More

Learn how Fortra's Data Classification Suite can facilitate compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, and other prominent data privacy regulations.
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Dow Corning Uses Classification Labels to Help Protect Intellectual Property

Large organizations understand the importance of properly handling sensitive information both within and outside of the company. Instituting an organization-wide IP protection program to lock down access to valuable information is crucial, and key to this is a clear and consistent global standard for handling email and document information with the application of labels.
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Large Canadian Financial Institution Enhances Data Protection Strategy with McAfee and Fortra

When sensitive information gets into the wrong hands, the costs can be severe: fines, lawsuits, embarrassing headlines, loss of intellectual property, even risk to public safety. Using techniques such as data classification and content validation, Fortra's Data Classification Suite (DCS) enforces policy and mitigates data loss - raising user awareness and preventing data breaches at the source.
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Data Categorization or Data Classification?

In the last few years, there has been a dramatic shift from data classification being a “nice to have” tool, to becoming a necessity. Behind this momentum, private companies and organizations are implementing data classification using “traditional” taxonomies and schemas that work for governments and militaries but don’t necessarily translate well into the workflow or culture of commercial...
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Classifier Suite Extends Classification Support At EU Agency

The Customer is a newly established EU agency to provide a long-term solution for the operational management of large-scale IT systems instrumental to the asylum, border management and migration policies of the EU. The agency was established in 2011, with over 200 employees and have offices throughout Europe.
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What Is Data Classification?

What Is Data Classification And What Can It Do For My Business? Data classification is an approach to identifying, protecting and managing information which has rapidly become best practice. Implemented as part of a layered security strategy, it enables an enterprise to defend itself against a variety of threats - from aggressive outsiders to untrained or well-meaning insiders - while unlocking...
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Classifier provides protection to sensitive client data at global insurance provider

A global insurance and reinsurance organization; the client was founded in 2002, and have over 1,200 employees based across 11 countries. A number of reasons, including significant regulatory changes (GDPR, NYDFS etc.) and a number of third parties dealing with client data meant the Client needed to implement a data classification solution which would be globally adopted and allow for...
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Classifier Protects Sensitive And Confidential Data At iSecure

As an organization whose main focus is the promotion of keeping data safe, iSecure realized that it was key to ensure that the data being processed on a daily basis within the organization was being securely stored. With a constantly growing team, and a continually increasing number of clients, iSecure wanted to find a solution which would help them to automatically protect the sensitive data they...
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Delivering Information Security For Guildford Borough Council

Guildford Borough Council was judged an ‘Excellent’ council by the Audit Commission. The Business Systems team is a relatively new service with a broad remit including ICT, information management, offices and facilities, whose aim is to provide people with a ‘good way to work’ both now and in the future. There are 45 people within the team who manage over 800 users across 15 different services.
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The 5 Steps to Effective Data Classification: Identify Your Crown Jewels

The 5 Steps to Effective Data Classification: Identify your sensitive and high value data Discover the location and accessibility of your sensitive data Classify data according to its value to the organization Secure : employee security control and protection measures Monitor : measure and evolve security practices Using data classification as part of a strategy to secure corporate data assets is...
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Data Classification in Finance

Why should the financial services sector adopt a data classification strategy? Because more than nine out of ten (95%) of data breaches are financially motivated, according to this year’s Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report . Within the finance and insurance sector specifically, the rates were as high as 97% — no surprise there. However, what may be surprising is that most of these attacks...