Macs Need Least Privilege Too
Turns out that Macs aren’t as virus and hacker proof as originally perceived. Just check out a recent posting on MacRumors.com to read all the details. In this blog post it appears that a new malware threat is appearing when users perform Google searches. I’ve actually seen this malware pop up on a Mac recently,…
Cloud Vendors Need Least Privilege For Better Security
If you want to use the cloud and need to do it in a secure and compliant way you’re going to need to think about who’s responsible for what. As numerous studies and articles have highlighted, most cloud vendors today don’t provide a platform that’s fully up to enterprise security standards.
Pssst – Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy Some Data?
The economy of cyber crime is all too real – and too enticing. No longer sequestered to dark alleys and seedy bars, data thieves have almost unlimited options to market their ill-gotten wares to potential buyers. What this means to employers and organizations: The temptation to access and ‘appropriate’ sensitive data may be too great for some to resist.
What Do You Think About eEye’s Zero-Day Tracker?
What Do You Think About eEye’s Zero-Day Tracker (www.eeye.com/zdt)?
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – June 2011
Another even month, another huge security bulletin release by Microsoft. Those who took my advice and convinced their bosses to let them take vacation this month avoided 16 security bulletins – hopefully your co-workers will have them fully tested and deployed before you return. For those of us not sitting on a beach somewhere, there…
The University of Winchester Selects PowerBroker Desktops
The University of Winchester is an educational institution in the United Kingdom with a strong heritage and innovatice teaching model. Their 5,900+ students enjoy educational challenges in 17 different departments at the hands of over 650 staff members.
Unified Vulnerability Management for Financial Organizations
If you are in the financial sector, how are you protecting your financial systems from tampering? If you are the CEO or CFO you must ensure that you financial reports are accurate, delivered in a timely fashion, and do not contain any information that was tampered with. This requires securing critical information technology systems that…
Monitoring the Highly Privileged User
Today there are more insider data breaches than ever before. Verizon reports that in 2010, 48 percent of all breaches were attributed to users who abused their network privileges to maliciously access and distribute sensitive corporate information. Even minor policy violations, whether deliberate or inadvertent, the study finds, correlate directly with more serious abuse. At…
McAfee Vulnerability Manager Utilizes Least Privilege
We recently announced the integration of our PowerBroker Server with McAfee’s Vulnerability Manager to help smooth compliance processes. The integration will give our customer’s the ability to better manage user access and privileges, while simultaneously expanding the coverage of security scans for a more complete, accurate view of IT security and compliance across physical, virtual…
Insider Threats Aren’t Perpetrated By The Obvious: Part 2
Insider threats are a global phenomenon. Every company in every part of the world is subject to some level of insider threat. And guess what? Insider villains are just as unidentifiable in the UK as they are in the US. They appear just as innocuous in Poughkeepsie as they do in Perth. If you have…
