Why To Consider Partners As Potential Insider Threats Too
In early September BeyondTrust CMO Brian Anderson covered the news around Stanford Hospital & Clinics medical privacy breach that resulted in 20,000 patients’ personal data being publicly available on a website for nearly a year. At the time the breach was first reported by The New York Times, it was unclear how the data made it onto the website.
Data Breaches…And How Insiders Affect Them
With all the data breaches in the news these days, security is definitely a hot topic in the information technology community. Preventing risks and threats is the core of keeping information, and ultimately people, safe.
Uncontested Lay Up
Last week talked about the basics of how you can address the risk of insider attacks from former employees. A recent study of IT managers and network administrators conducted by Amplitude Research on behalf of VanDyke Software, shows a growing concern about insider threats, particularly unauthorized access by current and former employees. Unauthorized access by current and former employees was cited by 11% of the survey respondents, as a reason cited network intrusions, the 4th most frequent response.
Big Brother May Be Watching Sooner Than You Think
I recently read an article talking about the US Government wanting to start monitoring regional internet traffic on a large scale as a way to predict human behavior. The article goes on to state this, “…could enable the prediction of economic crises, political unrest and revolutions…” Wow! Good luck with that.
Don’t Be The Next WikiLeaks
Last year’s WikiLeaks scandal was an embarrassment for the government, drawing attention from every corner of the globe about the insecurity of its networks. Recently, President Obama ordered new computer security rules to government agencies handling classified information after months of investigating the events leading up to WikiLeaks.
AppLocker + Least Privilege = Magic
Writing blogs at 2am sometimes, has me asking myself dumb questions like “should I use a mathematics or a magician’s metaphor to kick off todays blog?” Answering myself sometimes generates inspiration and sometimes just means the lazy way out, like today when I chose both.
Duqu, Son of Stuxnet, Destroyer of Worlds!
So, as everyone has hopefully heard by now, the world is indeed coming to an end because of a new piece of malware dubbed Duqu. Duqu is supposed to be based off of Stuxnet and therefore it makes it the scariest thing in cyber space or, as FoxNews.com said, “Stuxnet Clone ‘Duqu’: The Hydrogen Bomb of Cyberwarfare?”
Slam Dunk
There aren’t many things in enterprise IT security that are easy enough to do to be called a slam dunk, but I may have one for you. A recent study of IT managers and network administrators conducted by Amplitude Research on behalf of VanDyke Software, shows a growing concern about insider threats, particularly unauthorized access by current and former employees.
Another First to Market by eEye: Vulnerability Management for Virtual Apps
More and more organizations are implementing virtualized solutions to reduce cost and gain strategic flexibility. As such, eEye continues to enhance Retina’s virtualized scanning capabilities to provide insight over the risks these assets raise for the business.
Top 10 Reasons To Buy New Least Privilege Book
While you work hard to keep the bad guys out, a trusted employee, contractor or partner, can cause more damage than any outside hacker could ever do. This book will help you prevent this nightmare scenario by showing you how “less is more” when it comes to protecting your network and information assets.
