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Privilege Abuse: Threat Alert
Talking with IT pros, I hear a lot about security issues, and one story is extremely common. The details vary, but at the core is the same threat: privilege account abuse or misuse. In this post, I’ll...
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How to Mitigate the Risk of Employee Data Theft
Picture your IT infrastructure as a castle where your highly critical data resides. Just a few years ago, to defend those “crown jewels,” you could simply build a moat around the perimeter of the...
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons Why Departing Employees Can Be a Security Nightmare
Employees taking sensitive company information with them when they leave their jobs might seem like the stuff of nightmares, but it’s actually a common true horror story. Biscom’s research, for...
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Key Lessons Learned from Data Breaches Caused by Privilege Abuse
In a previous blog post, “Privilege Abuse: Threat Alert,” we provided an overview of what privilege abuse is and why this threat is so serious. In today’s post, we will look at the problem from a...
View ArticleHot Tips: How to Harden Privileged Account Security
Privileged accounts are user accounts with extended permissions to access systems and data, such as the root account in Unix and Administrator accounts in Windows. Sometimes they are called “the keys...
View Article7 Tips to Avoid Data Theft by Ex-Employees
By Pierre Dehombreux, Director of Information Technology, Whiteriver Unified School District Disabling the user accounts of fired employees right after their dismissal does not guarantee they won’t...
View ArticleInsider Threat Detection: 10 Techniques for Top-to-Bottom Defense
In a recent post, How to Mitigate the Risk of Employee Data Theft, we looked at employee data theft as one of the top insider threats that can jeopardize your organization’s cyber and information...
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5 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Employee Theft of Confidential Information
Departing employees can be a big source of data leakage for organizations; in fact, there are at least 5 reasons why departing employees can be a real pain. So we need to take a closer look into how to...
View ArticleLet Us Close the Awareness-Action Gap in Cyber Security Together
Persuading non-IT personnel to respect information security policies and report on incidents has always been a challenge. Unfortunately, new research shows that there is still no cooperation between...
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Who Is to Blame for a Data Breach? Answers to the Most Pressing Questions
The Netwrix 2018 IT Risks Report presents new research into the security threats organizations are facing and the actions they are taking to minimize IT risks. The report explores six IT risks:...
View ArticleUnderstanding Insider Threats: Definition and Examples
This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Elena Vodopyan.Insider threats remain one of the biggest issues plaguing cybersecurity. A study by Ponemon shows that the costs of...
View ArticleInsider Threat Detection
This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Dirk Schrader.Insider threat incidents have increased by 44% over the past two years, and the cost of an incident now tops $15.3 million,...
View ArticleEmployee Data Theft: How to Mitigate the Risk
This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Michael Ustinov.Picture your IT infrastructure as a castle that houses your most critical data. Just a few years ago, the best way to...
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