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Data Classification: Enabling Compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, & More

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

The aerospace and defense organizations operate on a global scale and handle data that needs to be protected from competitors as well as foreign military and government organizations. Competitive secrets, disparate customer requirements, and government regulations surrounding the sharing of sensitive information are critical considerations in the aerospace and defense marketplace. The U.S...
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Why Data Classification is the Cornerstone of Regulatory Compliance

Achieving compliance across a wealth of new international data compliance regulations is a growing challenge, with many organizations struggling to keep pace. In addition, the rise of globally dispersed workforces and hybrid working environments are placing extraordinary pressure on every organization’s security. Today, data classification offers an increasingly persuasive answer to help prevent...
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Protecting Sensitive ITAR Information: A Data-Centric Approach To Export Control Compliance

ITAR covers the transfer of technical data and information relating to goods, as well as the goods themselves. Technical documents, product plans and specifications, design drawings, manuals and financial details may all need to be shared across the supply chain if an ITAR-related project is to be delivered. However, authority needs to be granted and access by unauthorized persons prohibited or...
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Fortra’s Data Classification Suite for Military

Swift action to commands based on operational understanding are hallmarks of a high-performing and responsive military. And the exchange of classified and even unclassified data – often in electronic form – are the lifeblood for any military organization to thrive and achieve mission success. The key is keeping sensitive data out of the hands of the wrong people. “With the military, there is a...
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Fortra’s Data Classification Suite Deployment Options

On-premises deployment While many industries are turning to the cloud for digital transformation, some organizations are not yet ready to deploy their highly sensitive data to the cloud and continue to choose on-premises. There are several reasons why an organization might choose on-premises deployment, including: Organizational/regional requirements: Depending on industry or regional regulations...
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The Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) – Protecting Government Classified Information

Big data, data governance, data management and securing sensitive data – these are everyday challenges for Australian Government organizations, as well as making sure that sensitive data has the right security labelling applied. In this whitepaper we will explore how the Australian Protective Security Policy Framework is helping government agencies. We will examine Protective Markings, what these...
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Data Protection Technical Overview

What’s Inside: The key requirements for successful data protection How we provide the deepest, most unified, visibility of your sensitive data The Fortra Data Protection security architecture and infrastructure This technical overview guide includes our tested and proven requirements for protecting sensitive data, and what makes our technology so unique.
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The 5 Steps To Effective Data Protection

Every day your businesses are creating more and more data. Data gets saved, employees move on, data is forgotten and lost. Valuable information sits on your file servers and document stores, not protected and unrecoverable because no one knows where to find it. Using data classification helps you regain control over your unstructured data. By involving your users in data classification, they will...
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Fortra Data Classification Solutions Overview

Secure Your Information, So People Can Work with Confidence Data is everywhere and protecting it is becoming more difficult than ever. Fortra Data Classification enables you to establish a policy driven foundation that helps you identify and classify sensitive data at creation, in motion, or at rest and apply the right security policy to protect it. Data Protection That Works. Put your information...
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Complying With the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Everything You Need To Know

The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are a set of regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce to control the export of certain goods and technologies from the United States for reasons of national security and foreign policy. Here is a breakdown of the essentials your organization should know for proper compliance. The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Explained In...
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Data Protection Myths and the Truths Behind Them

To implement or not to implement? That is the question when evaluating a new technology solution for your organization. Complicating the often daunting decision are the preconceived notions held at various organizational levels as to whether the solution is necessary, or more trouble than it’s worth. This can become especially problematic when misinformed thinking is the reason an organization...
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Key Considerations in The Ever-Evolving Data Privacy Landscape – DLP or Data Classification First?

Enza Iannopollo, principal analyst at Forrester, recently answered some of the pressing questions we’ve received when it comes to data security, and more importantly building the foundations of your data security strategy. Today we’re looking at what Enza had to say when it comes to implementing DLP and data classification, and if one should come before the other. Q: Is there an order in which we...
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Enterprise Data Classification: Why you need best-of-breed data classification

The data protection landscape and its associated compliance environment changed fundamentally with the implementation of the European-wide GDPR in May 2018, with many other privacy regulations following suit around the globe. It is no longer about what organizations think they need to be doing in order to control their data, but that they are being told what they need to do by regulators such as...
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Key Takeaways from Biden's Sweeping Executive Order on Cybersecurity

On Wednesday May 12, the Biden administration took a critical step towards addressing security issues that have come to light after several recent, high profile cyberattacks. The extensive Executive Order (EO) described the government's plan to increase cybersecurity protection across the public and private sectors as well as secure the nation's digital infrastructure against the type of attack...
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Orchestrating data security through effective data identification

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution evolves and our society and its organizations continue transitioning to what some call the “ Age of Data ”, certain things have become undeniably self-evident. For one, the amount and velocity of data companies face is now far greater than ever before. Organizations must also handle more and more novel data types, including IoT, clickstream and streaming data...