A term popularized by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a Data Subject Access Request, also known as a DSAR, is an individual’s right to request information on personally identifiable information (PII) an organization has gathered about them, how that organization is using that data, and who that data has been shared with. PII […]

Azure Storage is Microsoft’s cloud platform for scalable, modern data storage. If the number of options overwhelms you, then keep reading. Each Azure storage offering will be broken down into simple terms, while also addressing other things to consider when choosing a solution. To make things easier for users, Azure Storage offerings are: Cloud-based Durable […]

Europe’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, recently struck down the EU-US data privacy arrangement known as Privacy Shield, which many organizations rely on when transferring data from the EU to the United States. Privacy Shield was enacted in 2016 to replace the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, which was declared invalid by […]

The California Consumer Privacy Act was signed into law in 2018 and went into effect on January 1st, 2020. With the EU’s GDPR paving the way, CCPA has a significant impact on how enterprises manage security and compliance for user data, as well as how data breaches are handled.  Simply put, the CCPA gives residents of the state of California greater control over their personal data, requiring […]

Azure Information Protection (AIP) is Microsoft’s cloud-based solution for classifying and, optionally, protecting sensitive documents and emails in both cloud and on-prem environments. AIP is a powerful tool (that we’ve discussed before) that can automatically apply labels and encrypt files based on admin-defined rules, and even protect documents after they’ve left an organization’s network. Changes to AIP […]