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2022 report: More data breaches and costs rising

IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 (IBM Report) was recently released, and suggests that the cost of data breaches continued to rise to an all-time high—in fact, the average total cost of a data breach was USD 4.35 million in the past year of the study (March 2021–March 2022).

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What is Zero Trust?

Given the significant cost associated with data breaches these days, now might be a good time for organizations to seriously explore the Zero Trust model of cybersecurity.

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New guidance on zero trust architecture from NIST

New guidance on Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) is a fitting response to the current cybersecurity landscape. On August 11, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released SP 800-207, Zero Trust Architecture (SP 800-207).

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