Tag Archives: Security

How to build customer trust through data privacy and security

Data drives business, but breaches drive customers away. Learn how to balance data collection and security to build consumer trust. Shama Hyder on January 30, 2024 Advancements in data and technology are meant to make our lives easier. Martech promises task automation, optimized workflows and improved digital experiences, but it also creates opportunities for bad … Continue reading How to build customer trust through data privacy and security

New GA4 features improve security and report accuracy

Marketers can now redact client-side text and exclude Google data signals from reports and explorations. Nicola Agius on October 6, 2023 Google Analytics 4 has rolled out two new features to help improve data security and reporting accuracy. The new capabilities, which are available in GA4 now, enable marketers to redact client-side text and exclude Google data … Continue reading New GA4 features improve security and report accuracy

How a security startup’s air-raid alert app is saving lives in Ukraine

  By Issie Lapowsky July 14, 2023 In early 2022, shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Valentine Hrytsenko was driving his family to Lviv—a city in the westernmost part of the country that became a refuge for Ukrainians in the early days of the war—when he got a call from a software developer named … Continue reading How a security startup’s air-raid alert app is saving lives in Ukraine

Hyundai will pay $200 million after a TikTok challenge exposed a huge security flaw

Hyundai and Kia release software update to prevent TikTok thefts   Katie Malone   @kathrynamalone Kia and Hyundai released a software update on Monday after a viral TikTok challenge taught users how to hack the vehicles. But for now, it’s only available to a selected one million vehicles, out of the four million cars that … Continue reading Hyundai will pay $200 million after a TikTok challenge exposed a huge security flaw

The API Way: Techies Are Most Concerned With The Security Of Their Tools

The API Way: Techies Are Most Concerned With The Security Of Their Tools by Ray Schultz , Columnist, December 2, 2022 APIs are an essential tool for getting email to work. An email API platform “negotiates the technical handshakes for each connected service,” Nylas writes.  But there are challenges in managing APIs, whatever systems they … Continue reading The API Way: Techies Are Most Concerned With The Security Of Their Tools

Security flaw in Florida tax website exposed filers’ sensitive data

Income, tax and immigration data stolen in Healthcare.gov breach AJ Dellinger @ajdell The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) now has details about the data stolen in the breach of Healthcare.gov that occurred last month. According to the government agency, a significant amount of personal information including partial Social Security numbers, tax information and … Continue reading Security flaw in Florida tax website exposed filers’ sensitive data

TikTok denies security breach after hackers claim to have records of more than a billion users

Microsoft found a severe one-click exploit in TikTok’s Android app Thankfully, TikTok patched the vulnerability. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic   NurPhoto via Getty Images A serious vulnerability found by Microsoft in the TikTok Android app could have allowed hackers to hijack millions of accounts. On Wednesday, the company’s 365 Defender Research Team detailed a one-click exploit … Continue reading TikTok denies security breach after hackers claim to have records of more than a billion users

What Is MDR and How Will It Transform Security for SMBs?

What Is MDR and How Will It Transform Security for SMBs? Gilad Maayan / 04 Aug 2022    Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is an outsourced cybersecurity service designed to protect data and assets even when threats bypass standard organizational security controls. What Is MDR? The MDR approach to security primarily focuses on protecting against … Continue reading What Is MDR and How Will It Transform Security for SMBs?

What is SaaS Security? Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices

What is SaaS Security? Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices Pui Mun Beh / 22 Jun 2022   In today’s world, technology dominates everything from the simplest to the most complex of activities. Software is undoubtedly the primary need of the market. Most organizations are trending towards cloud and multi-cloud implementations. This move is not surprising … Continue reading What is SaaS Security? Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices