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Insider Threats

The latest News and Information on Insider Threats including employee monitoring and data privacy.

Fraud Week: The Insider Threat Risk that Companies Ignore at their Peril

External risks, such as cyber scams, ransomware, and identity theft, often steal the limelight. Just look at the numbers: our threat lab reports that 105,571 malware attacks have been blocked daily in the last month, translating into one incident every second. However, insider threats, while more difficult to detect, can be just as damaging to organizations.

How to Prevent Insider Threats: Implementing Least Privilege Access Best Practices

Organizations lose $16.2 million annually (up from $15.4 million) due to insider threats. Many businesses still can’t prevent these threats effectively. Malicious or negligent employees continue to risk sensitive data and systems despite strong external security measures. Security professionals must solve a big challenge – protecting against insider threats while keeping operations running smoothly.

From Theory to Practice: Webinar on Access Management Essentials

Implementing privileged access management (PAM) is crucial in safeguarding your organization’s critical systems and sensitive data against unauthorized access and compromise. Join us for an in-depth look at effective PAM strategies with our cybersecurity experts Jonathan Care and Aleksandr Dymov. This webinar will guide you through essential PAM practices for securing critical assets and minimizing security risks across your organization.

This is How the Disney Insider Threat Incident Reframes IAM Security

It’s not that often that a story about a Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) failure makes the international news. But throw in an insider threat actor making potentially life threatening changes to the impacted systems and it becomes quite the doozy. Especially when the company at the center of the story is Disney.

How to Monitor Employees at Work: 7 Best Practices

Employee monitoring in the workplace is essential for maintaining security in many industries, but you must be aware of its potential pitfalls. Balancing workplace monitoring with employee trust and legal compliance can be challenging. In this article, we’ll explore seven best practices to ensure your employee monitoring methods enhance security and boost productivity while complying with the applicable laws and regulations and respecting your employees’ privacy.

Healthcare Data Security: What It Is, Benefits and Main Challenges

The digitalization of healthcare organizations has revolutionized the way patient data is collected, stored, and managed. However, it also introduces many challenges, especially related to data security. As cyberattacks grow more sophisticated, often resulting in expensive data breaches, the importance of data security for healthcare organizations has never been more critical.

Managing Third Party and Insider Threats: Building Security Resilience

By James Rees, MD, Razorthorn Security In an era of interconnected services and external partnerships, two critical security challenges loom large: third party risk and insider threats. Recent events highlight these concerns – from the massive breach of Social Security numbers through a service provider to the CrowdStrike incident that grounded major airlines, causing hundreds of millions in damages.

Introducing Account Discovery: Full Visibility and Control over Privileged Accounts

Overlooked privileged accounts represent a serious vulnerability for organizations of all sizes. Syteca’s account discovery feature empowers you to minimize this vulnerability by detecting all hidden privileged accounts and allowing you to manage them with precision. In this post, we’ll explore the benefits of account discovery and take a look at how this feature can strengthen your cybersecurity defenses and protect sensitive data.

Beyond UEBA: Elevating Insider Risk Management with Behavioral Intelligence

Insider risk management is more critical than ever as human error and insider threats drive escalating security breaches. While many organizations have adopted User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) to monitor potential risks, relying solely on UEBA may fall short of the depth needed to stay ahead of these increasingly complex threats.

Leading Reason for Data Loss: Social Engineering & Insider Threats

When it comes to data loss, the biggest yet common dangers these days come from within the organization, and social engineering and insider threats are one of the main reasons. This shows that human mistakes are just as risky as external attacks. In this piece, you’ll see how social engineering and insider threats result in data loss. In addition to that, you’ll look at real examples to understand the seriousness of such threats and talk about steps companies can take to protect themselves.