Insider threats stories

APAC organisations need strategy to stop insider threats
Wed, 23rd Mar 2022
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New research shows organisations are failing to address the issue of insider threats during a time when the risk is at its greatest.

Insider threats costing organisations $15.4 million a year
Wed, 26th Jan 2022
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Negligent insiders are the root cause of 56% of incidents while credential thefts have almost doubled and are the costliest to remediate.

Lack of visibility into user activity increase risk of credential theft and insider threats - CyberArk
Thu, 11th Nov 2021
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Almost half of organisations in the global survey say their visibility into user logs and user activity is limited, which creates ‘blind spots’ for potentially risky behaviour.

Lack of security controls continues to put organisations at risk
Fri, 5th Nov 2021
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Organisations still operate with limited visibility of user activity associated with web applications, despite the risk of insider threats and credential theft.

Trust no one: Recalibrating security to address insider threats
Tue, 22nd Jun 2021
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The high profile cases of Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning also provide an enduring yet often overlooked lesson about insider attacks.

Insider threat report reveals deception in the workforce
Wed, 21st Oct 2020
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Insider threats come from people inside an enterprise, whether they divulge proprietary information with nefarious intentions, or are just careless employees that unwittingly share sensitive data, writes Bitglass product marketing manager Juan Lugo.

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Bitglass?
Tue, 29th Sep 2020
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Today, TechDay speaks to Bitglass senior director of marketing Jonathan Andresen, who discusses insider attacks and the best solutions and practices to employ to protect organisations and employees.

Exabeam and Code42 partner up to launch insider threat solution
Wed, 16th Sep 2020
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The solution will give customers a fuller picture of their environment, and will leverage automated incident response to obstruct insider threat before data loss occurs.

Research: 61% of companies have suffered an insider attack in last 12 months
Thu, 3rd Sep 2020
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It comes as rapid migration to cloud and remote working and BYOD scenarios leave organisations increasingly vulnerable to insider attacks as a result of the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CenturyLink launches solution to combat insider threats
Fri, 8th May 2020
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The solution employs behavioural analytics algorithms to find malicious user activities and automates the review of privileged account activities.

Proofpoint acquires insider threat management firm ObserveIT
Tue, 5th Nov 2019
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Proofpoint will hand over US$225 million as part of a new arrangement to acquire insider threat management platform ObserveIT.

Routing the enemy within – LogRhythm
Tue, 29th Oct 2019
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While larger organisations and incidents hog the headlines, plenty of illicit activity is slipping under the radar – and staying there.

Finance breaches highlight need for internal cyber vigilance - Bitglass
Wed, 18th Sep 2019
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The financial services sector reported the second-highest number of data breaches in the 12-month period covered by the latest OIAC report.

Why businesses need a strategy to combat the enemy within – Ping Identity
Wed, 18th Sep 2019
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While strengthening your organisation’s external defences with the latest tools and technologies makes sound sense, it’s only half a battle plan.

Protecting organisations from insider threats - Bitglass
Fri, 5th Jul 2019
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The biggest challenge for most external threat actors is gaining access to a target organisation, but insider threats already have this.

Nearly half of all employees are willing to share business secrets
Wed, 5th Jun 2019
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Insider threat is real, according to a new report that highlights employee behaviour around sharing corporate information.

Verizon report spotlights mitigating insider threats
Wed, 6th Mar 2019
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Companies are too often hesitant to recognise, report or take action against employees who have become a threat to their organisation.

Security professionals waste 10 hours every week because of poor software
Tue, 30th Jan 2018
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Cybersecurity professionals could be wasting as many as 10 hours per week on tasks because of software that isn’t fit for the purpose.

Korean insurance provider detects insider threat through AI
Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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Korean insurance provider KB Life has taken on Darktrace machine learning technology to prevent cyber threats.

Insider threat vendor Securonix eyes ANZ markets with new office, reseller signings
Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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US insider threat and fraud detection vendor Securonix is eyeing up the Australian and NZ markets, as security breaches from within raise concerns.

When innocent mistakes turn into costly problems
Mon, 1st May 2017
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While S&R professionals often think “outside-in” first when assessing threats, awareness of internal threats can also be a key requirement.

In depth: Mimecast talks email security, insider threats and human firewalls
Mon, 20th Feb 2017
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“The bottom line is, internally generated email, whether staying inside or going out, needs to be part of every organisation’s threat detection."