Cyber Security in the News

I’m sure we had a thread for relevant cyber security news however it seems to have gotten lost in the abyss so here’s another one.

Massive Allianz Data Breach – Real-World Use Case for archTIS

Allianz Life Insurance (US) has just disclosed a breach affecting most of its 1.4M customers after a social engineering attack compromised one of its cloud vendors.

PII was stolen, though Allianz says their own core systems weren’t accessed.

This is exactly the type of scenario archTIS solutions (Kojensi / NC Protect) are built to mitigate:

• Attribute-based access controls – Even if a hacker gets in, they can’t just see/export everything.
• Encryption tied to user attributes – Stolen files are unreadable without the right credentials/context.
• Dynamic redaction – Sensitive fields masked in real time to limit exposure.
• Secure third-party collaboration – Vendors can work with data without having unrestricted bulk access.

The breach vector (human trick) isn’t something archTIS stops directly, but the scale of data loss could have been drastically reduced if these kinds of controls were in place.

Worth noting as more attacks target vendors and supply chains — and more companies look for this kind of zero-trust, data-centric security.