Hashing is a popular tool in data analysis for businesses, known for its ability to convert personal data into an anonymous format. However, hashed data is not truly anonymized and can be vulnerable to attacks that may re-identify the original data. To ensure data privacy, it's important to use hashing alongside other methods like encryption and tokenization, and to understand privacy regulations and best practices. This approach provides a more robust way to safeguard sensitive information. Explore advanced techniques to protect your data assets while maintaining privacy and security.

When it comes to securing our environments, the controls we have in place work in harmony to keep our kingdoms safe. A layered approach means that there are many different controls that serve the purpose of securing your environment, so that if one fails, another takes over. With layers comes complexity, and it’s important to not lose sight of fundamental controls that are almost “a given” in favour of the more detailed controls on our hosted environments.

At Bamboo we’re constantly aware of the push and pull nature between privacy and security, and often it comes to the fore in processes such as incident response or considerations around data lakes and operational data. In the last few weeks though, we’ve seen a great deal of discussion around Data Leak Prevention (DLP) and endpoint protection, and the clash it has against employee privacy – particularly when Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is involved.

The privacy and security functions, respectively, often have tunnel vision and move in different directions causing the business to spin rather than move forward fast. It is time for privacy and security to form an alliance. When privacy and security cross-pollinate to form Governance, Privacy, and Security (GPS), they are better able to protect the business, protect data, and protect individuals.

In today's digital landscape, businesses face an ongoing struggle to strike the right balance between security and privacy. While robust security measures are essential to protect sensitive data and assets, maintaining customers’ and employees’ privacy is equally important to establish trust and comply with regulations. Privacy by Design (PbD) incorporates this as a principle (more on that in a future article), stating that it should not be a “zero sum” game; privacy and security should work together and not be in competition of one or the other.

When you are a SaaS provider, you have control over the software you develop, as well as the deployment processes. You are good at securing your cloud and ensuring privacy legislation is adhered to. But, what happens when you offer an on-premises or hybrid solution that clients deploy on their own (or with your assistance)? How do you ensure that the software is still being kept in a secure state and that there won’t be any collateral damage and finger pointing should something go horribly wrong?

What happens when you cannot see the forest for the trees? There are so many threats out there it’s hard to keep up with which ones directly (and materially) affect your business. Businesses can waste tremendous time and effort in addressing generic threats that do not directly relate to their business, simply because it seemed like a good idea (or someone in power heard about it at the last conference they attended).

There’s something distinctly wrong about waiting for things to go wrong, and then patching and fixing it after the fact. This is something that happens all the time when it comes to security of software applications. All too often, security is considered as an afterthought, or when you’re rolling around to quality assurance, and not when the actual development has taken place.

We have all heard about the privacy versus convenience dilemma. There is also a trade-off between security and convenience. More security controls add a layer of complexity (and dare we say inconvenience) to opening files, transmitting information, and sharing data with others, which does not always make for a seamless process or gain customer satisfaction.

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