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You know that strong privacy practices are necessary to comply with Canadian and international privacy laws, but did you consider your approach to privacy as a means to foster customer goodwill and attract investors?

The cybersecurity industry is experiencing rapid growth, with an influx of new opportunities, investment and challenges. We will review the current state of cybersecurity in Canada and the emerging trends shaping its future.

Kevin Downey, Chief Technical Officer at Data Sentinel, Liana Di Giorgio, Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, and Patricia Thaine, MSc, CEO and Co-founder of Private.ai discuss the art of de-identification of data.

A short explainer video on the company HERO. Data Sentinel value proposition.

World’s largest event dedicated entirely to Data Governance and Information Quality

Webinar hosted by the Canadian Regtech Association with Mark Rowan, CEO from Data Sentinel, Mario Cantin, CEO from Prodago and Anthony Decristofaro, CEO from Qnext. Great discussion on data privacy challenges.

HGTV may have the Property Brothers, but here on Data Sentinel TV we have Brian and Greg Kordelski - the "Data Privacy Brothers." The Data Privacy Brothers will nail down ways you can build confidence in your data.

As educational institutions have access to ever more data, it becomes harder to comply with data privacy laws and protect the data itself.

Data discovery and data classification work symbiotically when creating and implementing reliable data security policies. The two functions are the backbone of any well-informed data governance program.

Over 95% of businesses say that managing their data is an ongoing problem and challenge. And this is a challenge that’s only going to increase, given the sheer volume of data generated daily.

Data Sentinel enhances its customer support capability with the addition of a recognized industry leader.

Data Sentinel, the leader in sensitive data management innovation and provider of the Data Trust and Compliance platform for businesses, today announced the close of a $3.7 million funding round.

Data may be utilized to make decisions and have a large influence. However, this valuable resource is not without its drawbacks. How can businesses acquire, keep, and use data in an ethical manner?

Let’s break down what needs to be done to reduce the risk of sensitive data within a company, and how automation can be beneficial for this process.

Quality data gives businesses a major competitive advantage. But what does ‘quality’ look like where data’s concerned? How can companies improve their data – and get a clearer picture of how their performing in different area

Demystifying the De-Identification of Data - How to Protect your Organization’s Data - Obligations and Techniques

A valued part of my role at Data Sentinel is speaking to a continuous stream of new prospects to have an initial chat about our solution. I love speaking to their teams on our capabilities and core competencies.

On September 21st, 2021, the Quebec National Assembly adopted Bill 64. This Act was introduced to modernize legislative provisions in the protection of personal information. How will this legislation impact your business?

Data Sentinel reduced data privacy risk — ensuring all sensitive assets across this company’s structured & unstructured data systems were GDPR & CCPA compliant. In a month, risk exposure was reduced from $36M to $1.2M.

The New York Privacy Act, presented by state senator Kevin Thomas earlier this year, would offer New York citizens greater control over personal data than people in any other state.

Like most people in their 50’s I grew up in a world where data volumes were much smaller, data use was not as prevalent as it is today and managing data was both costly and data stored was minimized.....

Data Sentinel audited a regional lending organization — for PII & PCI compliance & risk. We scanned all data sources, including Microsoft 365, Salesforce, & Azure SQL to ensure compliance with data privacy standards.

A pending bill on Beacon Hill in Massachusetts could potentially create the best data privacy legislation in the country. Let’s take a look at the potential impact of the pending Massachusetts data privacy law.

With cybercrime on the rise and businesses hitting the headlines almost every day for losing tons of customer data, there’s a good chance that you’re here because you’ve seen the damage losing sensitive data can do.

Every business likely has ROT data, but few understand how to properly manage this data. Let’s break down the basics.

Data Sentinel’s participation in the Cybersecure Catalyst Program will provide the company with tremendous industry support.

At a high-level, data ethics is our consideration of obligations to individuals’ data rights and how using their personally identifiable information (PII) will impact them.

In recent years, regulatory compliance has become an increasingly significant aspect of the financial services business. It's a trend that's only going to become worse, thanks to the rise of.....

Critical Data Elements (CDEs) are defined as “the data that is critical to an organization’s success” in a specific business area, or “the data required to get the job done".

Data Sentinel identified data quality anomalies for a financial service firm’s MapR data lake & Teradata environments. Our tech automated the discovery of quality rules & identified $5 billion of operational risk data errors.

Is your Data is wrapped up tight? Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of discussing security, privacy, governance and data breach concerns with our clients and prospects.

Data classification is incredibly important for organizations that deal with high volumes of data. Let’s break down what data classification actually means for your unique business.

Data mapping is an important component of any organization’s data privacy and sensitive data management program. With the advent of new technologies, the automation of mapping is a real possibility.

Virginian organizations will have to invest more time and resources into data management in the next few years due to the signing of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act.

The lack of educational knowledge, as well as a lack of clarity about the extent of HIPAA, how it is read, enforced, and overlaps with other privacy laws, has resulted in major compliance and enforcement gaps.

Everything You Need to Know About S6701 - The New York Privacy Law and how this new bill could affect businesses that deal with personal data.

We are excited to announce that Brian Rayburn has joined the Data Sentinel team as our Vice President of Sales.

Policies have been enacted in the United States, Europe and Canada to require and standardize privacy impact studies.

Data Sentinel has created an in-depth partner ecosystem to ensure our clients needs are met on all fronts

This new law isn’t extremely different from other data privacy laws from U.S. states, but the distinctions are worth knowing for compliance efforts.

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Roberts has joined the Data Sentinel team as Vice President of Professional Services.

A major healthcare logistics company engaged Data Sentinel to assist in the implementation of data governance, data privacy, and data quality programs within the organization.

Data Sentinel has been implemented by a large North American university as they were undergoing a major digital transformation initiative which included the urgent need to modernize their CRM.

A global charitable organization implemented Data Sentinel to assist them with improving the state of their data to satisfy global data privacy compliance requirements and help them to implement a data governance program.

Data Governance as a whole can be overwhelming to say the least. For that reason Data Sentinel believes in taking the Johnny Cash - “One Piece at a time” approach with any data governance program.

Cybersecurity is safeguarding an organization's infrastructure and data from unauthorized access. Data governance specifies what data assets the company has, where it resides, and who may act on it.

ERP data migration is a significant and time-consuming operation that may lead to a number of challenges in one’s organization if not planned and executed properly and supported by automation technology.

Data Sentinel has been implemented by a major Canadian multinational fuel supplier to assist them with preparing their data set for an erp migration.

Data Sentinel was employed by a Canadian provincial workers compensation board to assist them with a company wide data audit, to prepare all of their data for a major digital transformation.‍

What exactly does this mean for businesses in Canada? What exactly does Bill C-27 entail? We'll break down everything you need to know in this guide.

The growing demand for implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a necessity for many organizations to remain competitive. However, as companies rush to integrate AI into their processes, many do it poorly.

Most data fits into one of four categories. Master, transactional, reference, and freeform data sets will cover the majority of data types that modern businesses deal with.

A new law on artificial intelligence was included in Bill C-27, which was introduced in June 2022 by the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry. It updated the federal private sector privacy framework.

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