Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

The rapid growth we see ourselves in regarding technology has caused businesses to change to digital methods to secure data quickly. The time limitations businesses face to secure their data quickly and effectively may cause the security standards to drop, leaving companies wide open to cybercrime. Cybercrime remains a global problem in 2023, reflected in the rising costs of data breaches and increased attacks on businesses and people’s data.

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) has decided its’ about time to call for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s first data protection law. The Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), originally included a public consultation component when it was launched by SDAIA in late 2022. Since then, the public consultation was withdrawn, and the draft version of the data protection law augmenting PDPL was issued.

In the realm of government institutions in Brazil, regional electoral courts hold a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity of the electoral process. These institutions are mandated to safeguard their essential electoral data through off-site backup solutions. While Kubernetes’ efficiency and flexibility hold great promise for modernizing operations, government data protection challenges have deterred many regional electoral courts from embracing this technology.

The rise of remote work, which currently sees 40% of US employees working remotely at least one day a week, has been fueled by technological advancements and recent global events. But with this shift comes a silent, lurking challenge: cybersecurity. The vast, interconnected web of remote workspaces amplifies the potential for cyber attacks. Businesses must protect their data to maintain the trust of customers, preserve their reputation, and ensure uninterrupted business operations.

It has been a month since 11:11 Systems announced a new partnership with Veeam and AWS, bringing together global leaders in data protection and modern cloud architecture. That month has been quite a busy one for us as we begin rolling out solutions that leverage the best from our partnership and bring a new generation of services to 11:11 Systems’ core capabilities. Today we have production-level services available around the globe to make use of the innovations outlined in this post.

SaaS applications like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce are now a ubiquitous part of business. With so much corporate data now residing in the cloud, a perimeter-based approach to security doesn’t cut it. To enforce cloud data protection policies across SaaS apps, a cloud access security broker (CASB) has become a necessity.

In today's digital landscape, businesses are embracing the transformative power of cloud migration. Shifting operations from on-premises systems to cloud environments promises unprecedented benefits in scalability, cost-efficiency, and agility.

India’s new Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) was given assent by the President of India on August 11, 2023, marking a significant development in data protection legislation. This Act, which supersedes Section 43A of the IT Act, 2000 and the SPDI Rules, 2011, brings about considerable changes to the norms of data protection. The DPDP Act is lean and principle-based, with details around implementation to be set out in future rules.

Many countries across the globe are realizing the importance of the right to privacy in the digital era. The GDPR, the data privacy legislation for the European Union, came into force in 2018 and became the guiding star for an array of privacy laws. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) by the Indian government is the latest privacy law aimed at protecting individuals’ privacy while ensuring hassle-free business operations.