Accidental Misuse Of Privilege Can Be Hidden and Costly
Though difficult for many to admit, humans are fallible. We are not perfectly consistent in our principles personally or professionally. Accidental misuse of privileges on desktops and servers does happen, and it does have a measurable impact on the organization as a whole. For example, desktop configuration errors cost companies an average of $120/PC, according…
Intentional Misuse of Privilege Lessons from Jérôme Kerviel
A multi-billion dollar fraud from 2008 has re-surfaced in the news after a Paris court ordered
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – October 2010
Wow. Microsoft has outdone itself this time, releasing 16 security bulletins for October – a personal best for them. That puts them at 86 for the year – so I’m pegging the over / under for 2010 security bulletins at 100. Microsoft patched quite a few zero day vulnerabilities this month, most notably in MS10-073,…
The Cost Of Insider Attacks Can Be Mitigated
Insider attacks are possible because of the intentional misuse of privilege.
Identifying The 3 Misuses of Privilege
Identity and access management is typically looked at from the AAA perspective: Access, Authentication and Authorization.
The “3 Bears” of Privilege Identity Management
At some point in your life you have heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and learned the perils of extremism: too hot, too cold, just right.
Privileged Identity Management Demystified
In an effort to improve business security, compliance and productivity, privilege authorization policies must be redesigned and user permissions more granularly managed. Yet identity and access management (IAM) solutions have remained largely unchanged. Traditional solutions account for a significant part of the total cost of IAM, a staggering amount when you consider that these solutions:…
Attention Auditors! Visit ISACA Today at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, NV
Don’t forget to stop by ISACA Booth # 25 today to learn how PIM ensures auditors meet compliance risks & satisfy audits.
More from VMWorld on Virtualization Security
VMWorld we had the pleasure of meeting with Jon Brodkin from Network World, who published what might be the best-written explanation of how IT administrators can take advantage of the hypervisor yet. Naturally, as Jon absorbed what our very own Principal Systems Engineer Jordan Bean showed him in a live demonstration and walked it over…
BeyondTrust Survey at VMWorld Shows What it Takes to Get Attendees in a Tutu
44% of attendees said their colleagues could steal sensitive information from mission critical servers if they wanted to and another third of respondents said their colleagues “might” be able to 37% of attendees say “most” of their mission-critical servers are virtualized and 61% said at least some were. When asked what their colleagues would do…
