Every organization is only one click away from a potential compromise
Information security staffs are so single-minded about defending their organizations from external attack that they all but ignore a threat with vastly greater potential for …
insider threat
Is remote access technology leaving you vulnerable?
Insider and third-party access are growing security threats facing organizations and enterprise IT systems, according to Bomgar. Proliferation of security issues Despite …
200 million financial services records breached in 2016, 900% increase from 2015
The financial services industry was attacked more than any other industry in 2016 – 65 percent more than the average organization across all industries, according to the IBM …
Former Expedia IT support worker gets prison time for hacking execs’ emails, insider trading
A IT support technician formerly employed at Expedia offices in San Francisco was sentenced to 15 months in prison for securities fraud, plus three years supervised release. …
People are still the biggest security threat to any organization
Despite an increase in spending and investment in deterrence tactics and detection tools, insider threats continue to cause harm to all types of organizations. A new report …
Understanding Europe’s insider threats
35% of employees across the UK, France, Germany and Italy admit to have been involved in a security breach, presenting regional CISOs with a significant challenge when it …
Enable self-healing endpoint security with Application Persistence
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Richard Henderson, Global Security Strategist at Absolute Software, and Todd Wakerley, SVP of Product Development at Absolute …
Insider threat vs. inside threat: Redefining the term
The traditional meaning of “insider threat” is: a current employee or contractor who, intentionally or accidentally, misuses his or her authorized access to a secure network …
Insider threat solution for rapid response to in-progress attacks
CyberArk announced at RSA Conference 2017 advanced insider threat detection capabilities available through the CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution, to automatically …
CERT updates insider threat guidebook
The CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University released the fifth edition of the Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats. …
