Overview While there are several methods of classifying and identifying data within the data protection industry, DDE provides the most robust and flexible data detection tools available to the market today. Many of the Fortra tools incorporate advanced Machine Learning (ML) capabilities and enable customers to quickly and accurately detect and protect their sensitive data. Fortra calls the...

Comply with Government Security (DCS) Classifications Policy The UK Government Security Classifications (GSC) policy requires that all UK government organizations classify their information assets into one of three types: OFFICIAL, SECRET and TOP SECRET. This simplified classification scheme replaces the previous Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS), making it easier for government staff...

The Problem The Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program standardizes the way all U.S. government agencies and military entities handle unclassified information that requires safeguarding. It clarifies and limits what kinds of information to protect, defines what is meant by “safeguard,” reinforces existing legislation and regulations, and promotes authorized information-sharing. These...

Secure Sensitive Data Wherever it Goes Employees send emails, create documents, and upload files to internal servers and cloud applications every day, and the volume of data is growing exponentially. How can you ensure that sensitive data remains secure without burdening your end users with time-consuming and confusing workflows? Digital Guardian Secure Collaboration and Fortra's Data...

The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) became law in Canada in April 2000 and has been reviewed and updated every five years since.. The act was also intended to promote consumer trust in electronic commerce and also to reassure the European Union that Canadian privacy laws sufficiently protected the personal information of European citizens. PIPEDA applies to...

The Problem Over the last several years many compliance regulations have sprung up globally. Organizations doing business in regions covered by these mandates have been forced to change their business practices in order to remain compliant. These regulations require organizations to have visibility into what data they possess, and where it is located. This remains a challenge for many...

Document Management Electronic documents are an essential component of just about any enterprise. Managing this increasing number of these documents in a variety of file formats and sources is can be a challenge without an enterprise-grade Document Management System (DMS). Companies have been increasingly relying on DMS to capture, store, and retrieve electronic documents while realizing benefits...

Use Data Classification To Enhance Your Data Security Fortra’s Data Classification Suite (DCS) products provides the essential classification tools to clearly inform both your people and your policies on what information should be secured and how to handle it. Manage and protect your data with the industry’s most flexible and customizable classification metadata schema. Give your data context so...

The CCPA bill, passed in 2018, encourages businesses and related entities to be transparent and requires these organizations to report breaches of personal data. The CCPA is more than just a regulation, as it represents a core change in the approach organizations must take to ensure their data remains secure and requires the creation of a data protection strategy for their data. Organizations...

Protect Data and Meet Compliance Requirements Financial institutions face immense pressure to protect the data they create and collect. These organizations must be ever vigilant to the possibility of a data breach caused either by malicious actors or through employee mistakes. In either case, a data breach carries with it severe consequences, from heavy fines to the loss of consumer trust and...

Meeting controlled unclassified information (CUI) requirements The Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program, originally implemented in 2018, standardizes the way all government agencies and military entities handle unclassified information that requires safeguarding. It clarifies and limits what kinds of information to protect, defines what is meant by “safeguard,” reinforces existing...

Meet Compliance Requirements to Protect Personal Information in South Africa The mandate of South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is to regulate the processing of personal information. With this Act, data breaches need to be reported by law. Organizations need to develop a clear data protection plan to build trust with customers, drive business growth, and avoid costly...

Challenge: STANAGs 4774, 4778 And NATO today Intelligence and military communities have historically worked in isolated silos. In recent years, these organizations have begun to embrace the need for sharing critical information with allies in an effort to receive similar critical information and intel in return. Because the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) includes 29 member countries...

Fortra’s Mail for iOS is an intuitive email and mobile data protection solution that guides users as they create, forward, or reply to messages. Mail for iOS lets users identify and classify email sensitivity using visual markings and metadata, which helps raise security awareness and supports best practices around information handling and security regulation compliance. The solution enables...

Lookout Security Service Edge (SSE) As organizations seek to utilize the broadest range of cloud capabilities to increase business agility — from email and collaboration applications to cloud infrastructure and beyond — the necessity for data loss prevention has intensified. With the need to enforce stringent data protection without preventing important business operations, practitioners are...

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...

The speed of data creation continues to increase, and that means the volume of data at rest is growing exponentially. With more people accessing and storing files in a multitude of network and cloud repositories, your sensitive data could be just about anywhere. Fortra’s Data Classification Suite (DCS) for Data at Rest helps you discover and identify your data at rest so you can apply...

The Problem In today’s interconnected and cloud-centric world, the need to protect consumer and employee personal data is becoming more and more evident. A growing number of organizations understand that ineffective or nonexistent privacy protection programs expose their business to significant risks, both from a financial and legal perspective; from costly regulatory fines and stock price drops...

Meet Compliance Requirements To Protect Controlled Unclassified Information Originally imposed in 2017, NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations, requires all current U.S. Department of Defense contractors to be be compliant with DFARS Part 252.204-7012. Other executive branch agencies may also require...