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Surge in cloud adoption means greater data attack surface for healthcare and financial services
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Group , an industry standard in data erasure and mobile life cycle solutions , reveals the extent to which healthcare and financial services organisations have embraced cloud , as well as the effects cloud adoption has had on data classification , minimisation and end-of-life ( EOL ) data disposal .
Based on a global survey of 1,800 respondents , the study , Data at a Distance , found extensive cloud adoption , thanks to the ease of managing increasing volumes of data . However , 65 % say the switch has increased the volume of redundant , obsolete or trivial ( ROT ) data they collect .
Increasing volumes of stored data brings with it many issues and is of growing concern for organisations operating in heavily regulated markets . In addition to regulatory noncompliance risks , there are the cost and sustainability impacts of storing this data , as well as security concerns – more data means a greater attack surface and more liability in case of a breach .
Data management best practices indicate that organisations need to know what data they have collected , including its value , where it ’ s stored and when it needs to be permanently erased . Yet just over half of organisations ( 55 %) can boast a mature data classification model that determines when data has reached EOL – meaning that nearly half fall short when it comes to determining disposal of cloud-stored data .
Over half ( 60 %) of respondents said their cloud provider handles EOL data for them . However , 35 % do not trust their cloud provider to appropriately manage EOL data on their behalf .
Evanssion partners with ExtraHop to provide enterprise-grade security and cloud scalability
vanssion , a leading
E cybersecurity and cloudnative value distributor , has announced its partnership with ExtraHop , a leader in cloud-native network detection and response , across the Middle East region . Through this partnership , Evanssion ’ s customers and partners will be able to leverage cuttingedge network detection and response ( NDR ) solutions from ExtraHop .
In response to an increase in cyberattacks there has been a widespread deployment of NDR solutions to eliminate blind spots and inspect East-West traffic for threats and anomalies . When used in conjunction with EDR and SIEM solutions , NDR fills in the gaps that other tools may miss , detecting threats across the entire network from data centres to remote locations and in the cloud . that the global network detection and response market would grow from US $ 1.1 billion in 2021 to US $ 3.3 billion by 2026 , at a CAGR of 24.7 % during the forecast period .
“ ExtraHop can help enterprises stop breaches 84 % faster with cloud-scale Machine Learning across cloud , hybrid and distributed environments ,” said Fouad Tawk , Area Vice President for the Middle East , Turkey and North Africa at ExtraHop . “ With ExtraHop Reveal ( x ), Evanssion can deliver an enterprise-class NDR solution for the modern SOC , so security teams can unlock complete 360-degree visibility , real-time detection and intelligent response to act with confidence and speed .”
A recent report from MarketsandMarkets , published in January 2022 , projected
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