IT teams responsible for network security in Universities, Colleges and Schools are experiencing more and more pressure to secure their networks from both external and insider threats. According to the CSO,13% of data breaches last year happened at educational institutions. According to EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association of IT leaders in higher education, information security remains the #1 issue in 2018 for the third … Continued
An Insider Threat Program to help tackle Internal Security Breaches
According to new research from IS Decisions, 2015 is set to see a huge rise in the number of IT Professionals taking action to address insider threat in their organization. Another day, another massive security breach of millions of consumer or company records. As the stories behind many of these breaches unravel, frequently the source appears … Continued
Insider Threat Program. From Paranoia to Protection
Last week IS Decisions participated in the SPIN Insider Threat Conference in London joining participants from academia, government and industry to discuss the threat from within. Speakers at the workshop included security experts from CERT, PA Consulting Group (HoMER Publication), Oxford e-Research Centre & the US Secret Service. In a series of 3 posts we … Continued
Healthcare suffers double the average amount of internal security breaches
Independent research finds hospitals, care providers and medical insurers experience twice as many internal security breaches in comparison to other sectors. The threat from within rife in the healthcare sector Organisations in the healthcare sector are experiencing double the average amount of internal security breaches, in comparison to all industries. The findings are based on … Continued
Technology Solutions for the Insider Threat
Nearly 90% of IT professionals believe the ‘insider threat’ is cultural not a tech issue. Only 1 in 10 UK companies are aware they can use a technology solution to actively manage & reduce the threat from within The vast majority (86%) of IT professionals consider insider threats to be a purely cultural issue, … Continued
Two Factor Authentication for Banking & Financial Institution Employees
Whether its exploited users, careless behavior or outright malicious activity, UserLock helps banking and financial institutions to better protect against both the insider threat and external attacks, to ensure only the appropriate use of critical systems and sensitive data on a Windows Active Directory environment. The Insider Threat When we talk about cybercrime in the … Continued
The Insider Threat Manifesto
Over 2,560 Internal Security Breaches occurred in US businesses every day. Despite widespread occurrence, only one in five IT professionals consider Insider Threat to be a security priority. Over 666,000 internal security breaches took place in US businesses in the last 12 months, an average of 2,560 per working day, new research has revealed. The … Continued
Internal Security Breaches from Password Based Attacks
The Insider Threat from a Credentials-Based Attack. Despite the widespread occurrence and high profile internal security breaches, too many corporations are not doing enough to mitigate these risks. Target Corporation & the Stolen Credentials from the Extended Enterprise Stolen account credentials played a part in the recent Target Corporation payment card data breach. With approximately … Continued
Windows Network Access Control for Government Traffic Department
UserLock provides Windows Network Access Control and Security to Government State Traffic Department. By restricting, controlling and monitoring network access for over 2000 authorized users, UserLock helps Departamento Estadual de Trânsito de Pernambuco in Brazil protect sensitive data and mitigate insider threats. The need to control and secure ‘traffic’ to the network In such an organization … Continued
Tackling the security risk from internal users in Banking
The following case-study describes how the Bank of Cyprus reduces the security risk from internal users with UserLock. Offering the capability to control user access and react instantly to any related security incident, UserLock helps protect an organization’s critical assets by disabling concurrent users’ logins, preventing credential sharing and monitoring all session activity in real-time. … Continued