Elizabeth Mixson

Tokenization replaces sensitive data with an irreversible, non-sensitive placeholder (token) and securely stores the original, sensitive data outside of its original environment.

With the emergence of global data privacy regulations such as GDPR, organizations that collect personal identifiable information (PII) must answer a new question: is data subject to the local laws of...

A central component of data governance is data lifecycle management (DLM) - the organizational processes used to control data from its creation to destruction. Read on for the goals and 4 stages of DL...

Though data is increasingly becoming the lifeblood of strategic decision making, the more data a company collects, the larger an organization’s attack surface grows. In addition, many experts estimate...

Before an organization can re-engineer its approach to data privacy, it must first understand its current state. Similar to cybersecurity risk assessments, a data risk assessment (DRA) is a systemized...

Auditing data, unlike auditing finances, involves looking at key metrics, other than quantity, to create conclusions about the properties of a data set. Some of the key areas data auditing examines fo...

Though PPDA first and foremost requires an effective, mathematically robust definition of privacy, it also relies on a combination of data protection systems and technologies - most of which result in...

Privacy Enhancing Technologies are tools designed to enable data value extraction in order to unleash its full commercial, scientific and social potential - they just do so in a way that preserves dat...

In an effort to better protect sensitive data from exposure and deter cyber criminals, security organizations are increasingly leveraging data obfuscation to “hide data in plain sight.”

Having the right data retention policies in place not only protects data from unauthorized access or other malfeasances, it also ensures data is primed for business usage. Furthermore, recent regulati...

Both UEBA and UBA tools automate security threat detection and validation processes, enabling cybersecurity analysts to focus on more high value pursuits. They can also be used to proactively identify...

The myriad encryption and key management solutions enterprises are using adds complexity and challenge to securing enterprise data. 64% of companies say that it is unclear as to who “owns” key managem...