When it comes to fraud prevention, many organizations overlook the insider threat - both the malicious actor who intends to commit fraud, as well as the accidental insider who makes a mistake or is taken advantage of by an external entity? The CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the...
As account opening continues to transition from physical to digital channels, financial institutions and other organizations must optimize the digital experience of applicants in order to compete. At the same time, fraud is on the rise thanks to some of the same digital channel benefits enjoyed by consumers:...
If you browsed the latest security headlines, you'd probably think the majority of data breaches were related to hackers, political activists, malware or phishing. While the latter two hint at it, the truth is that nearly half of all data breaches can be traced back to insiders in some capacity.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have both charged Jun Ying, a former CIO at data broker Equifax, with engaging in illegal insider trading after he determined that his employer had suffered a massive breach.
On average, 49 per cent of users admit to having shared their network password with at least one other user.
So, as employee numbers grow, an organisation's vulnerability to insider threats increase dramatically. This can cause long term damage, taking months or even longer to protect.
This report explores the...
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
Authentication innovation is still in its infancy, and most companies are still combining more traditional passwords and PINs with cutting edge
biometrics or contextual decisioning methods. The combination brings new capabilities to multi-factor authentication, but doesn't necessarily produce the best possible...
True "next-generation" multi-factor authentication (MFA) platforms should be well equipped to manage the customer experience while providing the right level of security assurance at the right time, anytime.
Download this e-book and learn ten criteria to look for in a robust MFA platform, including:
Decentralized,...
Whether it's insider or third-party vendor access, organizations are realizing they need to do more with their privileged accounts and systems. But traditional approaches often leave organizations with wide gaps in security. Sam Elliott of Bomgar explains what companies need to look for when it comes to access...
When it comes to fraud prevention, many organizations overlook the insider threat - both the malicious actor who intends to commit fraud as well as the accidental insider who makes a mistake or is taken advantage of by an external entity. The CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the...
Accidentally careless employees are the biggest cause of incidents involving data loss, responsible for almost 25 percent of all breaches.
Given that employees are the first line of defense against socially engineered schemes, such as account takeover, new account fraud and other crimes, doesn't it make sense to...
Whether it is insider or third-party privilege, locking down access has never been more important. The challenge is that the traditional responses to managing privileged access and identity access often leave companies exposed, because their focus is too narrow.
Download this eBook on access management and...
This eBook introduces IT professionals to next-generation multi-factor authentication (MFA), an approach to authentication that goes well beyond usernames and passwords to provide the right level of security assurance at the right time, anytime. Next-generation MFA also streamlines authentication while empowering...
A recently published 2017 survey of over 400 security professionals in the U.S., U.K. and Germany measured how well their organizations implemented security controls for SSH keys. The results show that most organizations are underprepared to protect against SSH-based attacks, with fewer than half following industry...
Organizations should take an "inside-out" approach to mitigating the insider threat, says Brandon Swafford of Forcepoint, who explains the components of that approach in an in-depth interview.
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