insider threat
Open source crypto server for thwarting malicious insiders
Edward Snowden’s successful exfiltration of mountains of data from NSA systems and databases has once more put the spotlight back on the threat that insiders pose to …
The enemy within
Recent high-profile cases in the press have called attention to the threat the trusted insider can pose to the security of an organization. A recent survey highlighted that …
Unapproved cloud products put company data at risk
Egnyte released results from a new survey by Harris Interactive among 2,020 U.S. adults illustrates a major exposure for today’s businesses when it comes to the transfer …
Snowden social-engineered co-workers to share their passwords
The revelations stemming from the documents exfiltrated by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have changed the way we look at many things, but the details that have been …
The threat within: How SMEs can protect themselves from light-fingered staff
It hasn’t been an easy time for small businesses. Where once cybercriminals shunned SMEs in favour of larger corporates, the threat landscape has changed drastically in …
Insider threat: Users are out of control
Employees are granted excessive privileges and access for their particular roles resulting in unnecessary risks to organizations. One of the most startling statistics from a …
Most unauthorized data access goes undetected
With a focus primarily on large enterprise organizations, a Vormetric study of 700 IT security decision-makers indicates that there are major gaps between existing security …
Concerns around insider threats escalate
Vormetric announced the results of its “Insider Threat” survey, which surveyed more than 700 IT decision-makers. The study of mid-market and enterprise …
Widespread disregard for corporate cloud policies
While most business professionals are worried about the security of cloud-based applications, they are not deterred from using them to store their personal and professional …
2M Vodafone users’ personal and banking info compromised
The names, addresses, birth dates, and bank account information of some 2 million German Vodafone users has been compromised in a breach of a server located “deep in the …
Executives, IT officers most concerned about malicious insiders
An international survey polling 260 respondents from a wide variety of industry sectors has revealed that over half of them are more worried about their own employees turning …
Detailed US intelligence community’s $52.6 billion budget leaked
Leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and analyzed by The Washington Post reporters, the summary of the $52.6 billion US National Intelligence Program budget for the 2013 …