Blog & Resources

Is More Data Dangerous? The Risks of Storing Mass Data

With over 480 million records breached in 2022, it’s more important than ever to lock down your data and protect your business from data leaks. 

Metomic Wins the 2023 Digital Innovator Award from Intellyx

Intellyx, the first and only analyst firm dedicated to digital transformation, today announced that Metomic has now won the 2023 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award.

May Product Update

Our May product update includes a new detection preview and improvements to our Assets page

What Are The Security Risks of Growing Too Fast as a Startup?

There is a danger that any founder can want too much too fast from their business. But with hypergrowth comes a whole lot of risks that need to be handled carefully. 

GLBA Compliance 2.0: How to Protect Customer Data with Metomic DLP

Metomic can help you ensure your business is GLBA compliant. Here's how.

What Are The Biggest Risks of Data Leaks?

Experiencing a data leak is a terrifying prospect that most security teams dread. Protecting yourself against data leaks should be one of your biggest concerns, otherwise you could be facing catastrophic consequences for years to come.

How to Minimise Sensitive Data Being Stored in the Cloud

Taking steps to minimise the data you hold on to could be the right solution for you. This article will tell you the right way to go about it.

A Guide To PII & PHI: How To Secure Them

As a business, you have a duty to keep your customers’ PII & PHI secure. Find out what they both mean for you in this article.

The Challenges of DLP For Remote Working and How To Manage It

Since the pandemic, the rise of remote working has seen employees enjoy a better work/life balance and the freedom to work from wherever they want. But while companies have reaped the benefits of reduced overheads, remote working has raised the issue of new cybersecurity threats that could wreak havoc on their businesses.

Is ChatGPT a Security Risk To Your Business?

As security teams grapple with the new threats facing their companies, programs like ChatGPT can present them with challenges they may never have been confronted with before. 

How To Create & Implement A Bullet-Proof Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Strategy

It can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to DLP. Creating a DLP strategy is the first step to ensuring your data stays secure.

A Complete Guide to Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)

Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) focuses on the data layer of a business, giving security teams visibility over the data in their ecosystems, such as sensitive PII and PHI, as well as company secrets. 

What Cybersecurity Metrics Should a Startup Focus On?

Organisations can call on a multitude of data points to track their security posture. But that doesn’t mean they should.

What is the Human Firewall and why is it important?

You may have heard of the human firewall; it’s a term that’s starting to gain traction in the cybersecurity space but what exactly does it mean? 

What is SaaS Security Posture and How to Manage and Improve it?

Bringing a security posture into your organisation can make a huge difference when it comes to minimising the cybersecurity risks to your business.

How to Educate Staff about Data Loss Prevention and Prevent Bad Habits

Your team could be crucial in helping you protect your sensitive data. Here's how to educate them on DLP.

What Are The Benefits And Risks of Keeping Customer Data Secure?

If data security isn’t one of your top priorities, it definitely should be. It not only benefits your customers; it can benefit you too.

How To Create and Maintain a Security First Culture in the Workplace

Making security a key part of your culture can help your team become more aware of the risks posed by cyberthreats.

Is Sensitive Data in Slack Secure for Business?

As easy-to-use and convenient as Slack is, it’s near-impossible to see or control what information is being shared across hundreds of channels.

How bad can a Slack data breach get?

Find how you can make Slack more compliant and avoid costly data breaches with our Slack whitepaper.

April Product Update

This month, we’ve implemented new filters and upgraded your alerts so it's even easier to protect your sensitive data. 

A Useful Guide to Data Minimisation and Storage Limitation

Sensitive data is spreading uncontrollably across SaaS applications - here's what you can do to control it

Metomic Launches Free Tool to Show Users Sensitive Data Hiding in Their Google Drive Account

In a matter of seconds, the free tool identifies “high-risk” files that may include sensitive data stored within a Google Drive account and who has access to them

The biggest breaches in 2022 and what we can learn from them

To prevent a repeat of what was a fairly damaging year, it’s important to review some of the more notable data breaches of 2022 and see what we can learn from them.

Metomic Raises $20 Million to Protect Sensitive Data in SaaS Applications

As a data security solution focused solely on SaaS ecosystems, Metomic will use the Series A funding round to expand into the U.S.

Don't make this easy mistake in Notion

Take care not to give someone outside your company full access to your Notion workspace. CEO Rich shows you how.

The Risks Of Not Knowing Where Your Data Is

Without the right visibility strategy in place, organizations will be exposing themselves to risk beyond just simple data exposure or breach

We've launched our free Google Drive Risk Report

It’s a one-click scan of your Google Drive account to find those forgotten files that could be putting your security or privacy at risk

March Product Update

This month, we’re talking all about GitHub integrations, detection counts, and our new Head of Product.

How Zego protects their Google Docs around the clock

Read all about Zego's experience with Metomic, including their discovery of thousands of public facing Google docs

How Zappi implemented quicker responses to possible data leaks

See how the Head of Information Security at Zappi used Metomic to protect their Google Workspace

Why Data Visibility and Asset Management Should be a Priority for CISOs

How CISOs can take the first step towards organisational cyber resilience to reduce their risk of financial and reputational harm

How to Use Notion's New Expiry Rules

Using helpful Notion features like this one in conjunction with tools like Metomic can help you add an extra layer of protection for your sensitive data. 

How to use Google's new file-sharing controls

Google Drive now has expiry access controls that can be set when you’re sharing the document, rather than going in retrospectively to add them. Here's how to use them.

The State of Data Protection - Metomic Industry Report

Get a clear understanding of the data protection landscape and what you can do to secure your sensitive data

How a US Insurance company relies on Metomic to sleep better at night

The Security Director of a US InsurTech company knew he had to find a way to keep sensitive data safe in his fast-growing company. Read more about how Metomic helped him to sleep better at night.

TravelPerk detects and responds to risks with the click of a button

TravelPerk detects and responds to risks with the click of a button using Metomic

On to the next journey 🚀

Our plans following our $20m Series A round

How to manage sensitive risks while scaling

Join industry experts Cary Vidal & James Moos with Metomic CEO Rich to find out how you can protect your business.

Why SaaS apps don’t have a perimeter

With the rise of SaaS apps making it easy to share documents beyond your company, how do you make sure your sensitive data is secure?

Enabling your human firewall

How do you build your most important line of defence - your human firewall? Find out with our latest webinar.

Sharing features & security risks in Notion

It's easy to share too much in Notion - learn how to keep your workspace secure with this short video from our CEO

Do you know where your data is?

Download our handy infographic to find out more about the rise of SaaS apps and how you can stay compliant

How to minimise the risks to your sensitive data

Download our datasheet to discover how Metomic can help you minimise the risks to your sensitive data

What are social engineering attacks and why you need to defend against them

Because critical data is no longer housed within a company’s own servers, hackers know they’re more likely to succeed with social engineering attacks.

How to maximise your budget as a CISO