A data classification model is a framework used to classify data points into specific categories or classes.

Learn how Fortra's Data Classification Suite can facilitate compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, and other prominent data privacy regulations.

Learn about key risks to cloud data, including breaches, loss, compliance issues, misconfigurations, and how to reduce these security threats.

Electronically Stored Information (ESI) refers to any data created, modified, communicated, or stored in digital form. This includes emails, documents, databases, instant messages, audio and video files, social media content, and more—essentially any information that resides in electronic systems. As digital communication and data storage have become the norm, ESI plays a pivotal role in legal...

Discover what a CMMC audit involves, how it ensures compliance for defense contractors, and how it differs from other cybersecurity audits.

Data resiliency refers to a data system's ability to recover quickly and smoothly after a disruption.

For many organizations, the issue isn’t a lack of cyber threat intelligence. Instead, internal security teams grapple with an excess of threat intelligence data, including alerts, indicators, and dashboards, yet their brand protection still falls short.Why is that? Because merely having threat intelligence data doesn’t automatically enhance your security posture. Without the proper context,...

Data erasure, or data wiping, is a software method that securely overwrites and destroys all electronic data on a disk drive or digital media.

The modern data stack is a cloud-based toolkit for collecting, transforming, storing, and analyzing data efficiently using advanced technologies.

Discover the essential CMMC compliance requirements businesses must meet to protect sensitive data and achieve cybersecurity maturity certification.

Discover what metadata is, its types, and why it's essential for organizing, managing, and enhancing data usability in today's digital landscape.

Data backup involves creating and storing copies of data separately to restore it in case of loss from crashes, viruses, deletions, or disasters.

SSL interception is when an intermediary device (e.g., proxy or firewall) intercepts and decrypts SSL/TLS traffic.

Learn the key differences between public and private cloud security, their unique challenges, and best practices to safeguard your cloud environments.

CUI Specified is info needing protection or control under specific laws, regulations, or government-wide policies.

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is a sensitive data category that the United States federal government produces or interacts with.

Data anonymization removes or encodes personally identifiable information in data sets, ensuring individuals described remain anonymous.

Data optimization transforms, restructures, and improves data for efficient processing, storage, and access.