Data Security News & Insights

Many ordinary people believe that “data elements” are a specialized concept that only businesses, major internet companies, and financial institutions need to study—and that it has nothing to do with their daily work or consumption habits. In the eyes of the public, the behavioral records left behind—whether from watching short videos, shopping online, logging workouts, or handling official business online—are nothing more than insignificant digital traces....

However, a 2025 Gartner report stated that the backup systems of 68% enterprises worldwide had never been tested, and when the time came to use them, the success rate for disaster recovery was less than 30%. “Having a backup” and “having a reliable backup” are two different things....

A company you’ve probably never heard of—but one that may have “indirectly fueled” the AI products you use every day—became the latest target for hackers to boast about their exploits in March 2026. Its name is Mercor—an AI recruitment and data annotation startup valued at $10 billion, with a client list that includes OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Anthropic. What it lost was approximately 4 TB...

Examine the risks associated with tool usage and data management through six AI data breach cases, and explore how businesses can assess their needs for sensitive data access, encryption, and backup....

The use of artificial intelligence and open-source software in modern application development is becoming increasingly widespread and continues to grow rapidly. At the same time, the dependencies integrated into the development process are expanding an organization’s attack surface...

As the digital revolution sweeps the globe, data has become a core competitive advantage for businesses. However, traditional financial systems classify data investments as operating expenses, which depreciate as hardware is upgraded, causing their value to steadily decline....