COVID-19 accelerated everything else digital; why not fraud, too? In this latest CEO/CISO panel, cybersecurity leaders talk frankly about the pace and scale of new fraud schemes from business email compromise to card not present to insider risk.
Data breaches are a rapidly growing problem for businesses worldwide. People-centric threats can jeopardize enterprises even more than technical vulnerabilities.
On behalf of Proofpoint, The Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed more than 300 corporate executives on how they are managing the frequency and severity...
Amidst this new "perfect storm" of insider risk, enterprises face new challenges in detecting malicious and accidental activities. Tricia Hoyt, Director of Security Operations at ReliaQuest, offers insight on how to assess and reduce the risks.
What are the top cyberthreats facing the financial services sector? Valerie Abend of Accenture describes the findings of a new report on the subject in an in-depth interview.
Death via a thousand paper cuts? The U.S. government hasn't been able to arrange a domestic court date for whistleblower Edward Snowden, but via the courts, it's successfully been awarded $5.2 million in his book royalties and revenue from speaking engagements.
Shopify's announcement this week that two employees inappropriately accessed transactional data from 200 of the merchants that use its e-commerce platform demonstrates the importance of taking a "zero trust" approach to security and improving identity and access management capabilities, security experts say.
What will be the impact of the leak of investigatory documents from FinCEN - the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network? For starters, experts warn that FinCEN reports may reveal sensitive information tied to banks and law enforcement agencies' investigatory tools and tactics.
An organization has successfully implemented a "zero trust" framework when it can achieve context-aware resolution of a risk, says Dr. Siva Sivasubramanian, CISO of SingTel Optus, an Australian telecommunications firm.
A hybrid workforce, heightened insider risk, 5G concerns over the expanded attack surface - these are the "more" that people reference when they talk about "doing more with less" in 2021. A CEO/CISO panel discusses how security leaders prioritize budget allocations for these concerns.
A former Cisco engineer has pleaded guilty to causing $1.4 million in damages to his former employer. Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh admitted to deleting 456 virtual machines that affected 16,000 WebEx accounts for weeks, according to the Justice Department.
News that a malware-wielding gang of Russians targeted Tesla by attempting to work with an insider should have all organizations asking: What would happen if extortionists attempted to bribe one of our employees to install malicious code designed to steal corporate secrets for ransom?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says a "serious attack" aimed at stealing corporate data and holding his company to ransom has been thwarted. The FBI has accused a Russian national of attempting to recruit an insider to install malware to steal data, which criminals hoped to ransom for $4 million.
According to the study, the average global cost of Insider Threats rose by 31% in two years to $11.45 million, and the frequency of incidents spiked by 47% in the same time period.
This report outlines in detail the primary cost centers for Insider Threats, as well as the industries, company sizes, and regions most...
The emerging cloud-delivered service model known as security access service edge, or SASE, is designed to help simplify security for remote access, says Sean Duca of Palo Alto Networks, who explains how the model works.
Organizations across the country are closing their offices and opening their laptops to provide services to millions of Americans who are under guidance to stay home. With the increase in remote work has come a surge of cyberattacks on all critical resources such as state and local governments, healthcare facilities,...
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