B2B cyber security

Encryption against data hunger

17. February 2025

The economy, states and AI are demanding more and more data from everything and everyone. Regardless of who is behind it - sensitive data must be consistently protected by functional encryption. Will even more personal data soon be stored by authorities, research institutions or health insurance companies, for example? If Friedrich Merz's latest ideas are anything to go by, then yes. He is proposing that health insurance companies give their members a discount if they make their patient data available electronically. This is just one example of many; there are numerous efforts of this kind. The police and...

Importance of data encryption by NIS2, Dora & Co

22 January 2025

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Data encryption is particularly topical at the moment, due to, among other things, the liability of managing directors, NIS2, DORA and the Trade Secrets Protection Act (GeschGehG). The white paper "The importance of data encryption in the digital age" gives those responsible instructions on how they can make their company secure for the future. The need for data encryption does not arise solely from protecting against cyber criminals. Numerous regulations - from the GDPR to NIS2 to KRITIS - also play a crucial role in dealing with data. Data security and data protection present companies with challenges: legal certainty, regulatory requirements and protection against...

AI-supported attacks challenge companies

29 November 2024

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A cybersecurity provider has released the latest results of a survey of IT leaders. The data shows that AI is making it more difficult to detect phishing and smishing attacks. 84 percent of IT leaders acknowledge the increasing challenge. The emergence and continuous development of artificial intelligence (AI) is changing cybersecurity and introducing new complexity in detecting and defending against threats. New research from Keeper Security, a leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge solutions for protecting passwords, passkeys, privileged access and remote connections, shows that while organizations are implementing AI-related policies, they are still failing to…

Only a third of retail companies encrypt data

August 16, 2024

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A recent survey looked at how companies encrypt their data. It showed that around two-thirds of all companies encrypt their sensitive data - whereas retail companies alone only encrypt one-third. Retail in Germany has to deal with a gap between desire and reality when it comes to data protection. This was the result of a survey conducted in Germany in the second quarter of 2024 by the encryption company eperi. Lack of consistency in the implementation of data encryption Across all industries and organizational sizes, 67,5 percent of the companies surveyed encrypt their sensitive data. Unlike the...

VS-NfD portfolio for file-based and full encryption

August 10, 2024

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Utimaco has now received approval from the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for its file encryption software LAN Crypt File and Folder Encryption. The product is now included in the list of VS-NfD-approved offers. VS-NfD stands for "classified information - for official use only" and is the lowest of a total of four levels of secrecy for authorities. LAN Crypt File and Folder Encryption is the latest addition to Utimaco's VS-NfD portfolio for protecting sensitive data. Role-based encryption helps to protect confidential information from unauthorized internal and external data access. It is a transparent...

Encrypting data prevents espionage and theft

26 Maj 2024

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Although media outlets around the world are constantly reporting on cyber espionage, there is still a lot of data left unprotected on the internet and in the cloud. There are now good options for securely encrypting data. “It seems as if espionage and data theft are happening always and everywhere - and it is true. The BMI reports more attacks on politics, authorities and the economy through cyber espionage, Germany exposes alleged agents of Putin, VW has most likely been a victim of Chinese industrial espionage for years, Austria is discussing the reaction to espionage activities by employees of the former Federal Office for...

Myths about data encryption

4. February 2024

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Data encryption is slow, complex, resource-consuming and inconvenient in everyday life. These and other prejudices against data encryption do not correspond to the facts. The need to protect data for legal and compliance reasons is an accepted fact in the business world. Data protection officers and business strategists are aware that this necessity is becoming even more important not only in international business, but also due to distributed working environments and the rapidly increasing use of the cloud in all business areas. The most effective technology to address compliance requirements and cyber risks is to encrypt all sensitive data that the company sends towards...