Mirza Salihagic

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Cyber-threats are rapidly evolving and breaches are on the rise. That makes compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) ever more critical for organizations handline sensitive payment card data. A key aspect of this framework is safeguarding data at rest – but the requirements are changing ... Read More

Data breaches are growing in volume and cost. Estimates from non-profit the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reveal that 2023 was a record year for compromise in the US. Over 3,200 incidents impacted more than 353 million customers. The latest in a long line of annual reports from IBM has ... Read More

AI, analytics and cloud-based data stores are driving a revolution in data-driven decision making. Yet as more organizations adopt these technologies to carve out competitive advantage, they realize that the underlying data must be secured, without impacting its utility. While for many, native security is enough, those in highly regulated ... Read More

If data is the new oil, then organizations will get little benefit from hoarding it. They need to share it between individuals, departments, organizations and/or systems to improve decision making and drive growth. But there are risks. To avoid major financial, reputational and legal repercussions, these same enterprises need to ... Read More

For two decades, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has been the only show in town when it comes to regulating cardholder data. Created by the five big card companies (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, JCB and American Express) in 2004, it aims to enforce compliance through a kind ... Read More

The retail sector is undergoing profound changes to support digital commerce, personalization and automated buying experiences. It’s not hard to see why. In the US alone, e-commerce sales exceeded $1.1 trillion in 2023, a healthy increase of 7.6% on the previous year. Yet with digitization comes additional risk – primarily ... Read More

Data is a critical business asset. But it’s not enough to simply store it. To unlock value, it must be easy to share across teams, and potentially with third parties. Unfortunately, many organizations assume the concepts of information security and data sharing are mutually exclusive. With a data-centric security approach, ... Read More

Amid high interest rates, staff shortages, stubborn inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory compliance isn’t always given the attention it deserves. Many organizations consider it a box-ticking exercise and mere cost of doing business, without appreciating how compliance programs could be wielded as a competitive differentiator ... Read More

After another (nearly) action-packed 12 months it’s time to take stock. There have been breaches galore, new cybersecurity mandates and regulations, fascinating data points and the emergence of some industry trends which will shape the future of IT. Here’s our pick of the top five things we learned from 2023 ... Read More

The global financial services sector (FSI) is worth tens of trillions of dollars, or around a quarter of the world economy. Unsurprisingly, that also makes it a provider of some of Europe and America’s most critical national infrastructure. Given the services it offers, the data it holds and the access ... Read More