Recent high-profile data breaches, including Thursday's DoorDash hack, continue. In many cases encryption either did nothing to prevent hackers from infiltrating systems or, worse, helped disguise cybercriminals. Here are 8 steps to protect yourself.
Consumers should follow eight practical steps to avoid having their private information stolen online."Encryption is failing us," says Carbon Black's chief cybersecurity officer, and it shouldn't be the only thing protecting our medical records, credit scores, bank statements and other digital documents.
— which included the last four digits of payment cards for some consumers, as well as names, emails, delivery addresses and phone numbers — require further analysis, other recent corporate hacks shows us that encryption either did absolutely nothing to prevent hackers from infiltrating systems or, worse, helped disguise cybercriminals while wreaking havoc in organizations' systems.
Most organizations today invest in encryption due to regulatory mandates yet they fail to understand that encryption is not 'bullet-proof' — rather, it should be viewed as a steel tunnel with two locked doors on either end. The keys for these doors can and will be stolen.
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