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Building a Secure Data-Protection Infrastructure

to Protect against the MOVEit Hack

By Carl Cadregari, Executive Vice President, FoxPointe Solutions

Regardless of the industry in which they operate, organizations have likely witnessed the wave of
destructive MOVEit breaches sweeping the globe during recent months. As a result, many organizations
may be left wondering what they need to understand about the MOVEit hack and how they can guard
against such attacks.

Understanding the MOVEit Hack

Before they can effectively fortify their organizations against the MOVEit hack, cybersecurity
professionals must first understand the origins of these breaches. MOVEit, a managed file-transfer
software product, is often used by healthcare, government, financial service, and educational
organizations to encrypt and distribute large amounts of sensitive data. Following the discovery of a
vulnerability within the software in May 2023, a wave of harmful cyberattacks and data breaches began.
This vulnerability allows attackers to access MOVEit’s database and steal files from systems through

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