Insider threats stories - Page 3

80% of global organizations have experienced employees misusing or abusing their access to business applications, according to a survey by CyberArk.

Organisations still operate with limited visibility of user activity associated with web applications, despite the risk of insider threats and credential theft.

The high profile cases of Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning also provide an enduring yet often overlooked lesson about insider attacks.

Insider threats are costing businesses up to $2 million per attack, with brand reputation and disruption to operations being major consequences.

Bitglass senior director of marketing, Jonathan Andresen, discusses insider attacks and best cybersecurity solutions.

Exabeam and Code42 have partnered to offer a joint solution to help security teams detect and reduce risks from insider attacks.

New research by Bitglass reveals 61% of companies faced insider attacks in the past year, with rapid cloud migration and remote work increasing vulnerabilities.

The solution employs behavioural analytics algorithms to find malicious user activities and automates the review of privileged account activities.

Proofpoint will hand over US$225 million as part of a new arrangement to acquire insider threat management platform ObserveIT.

While larger organisations and incidents hog the headlines, plenty of illicit activity is slipping under the radar – and staying there.

The financial services sector reported the second-highest number of data breaches in the 12-month period covered by the latest OIAC report.

While strengthening your organisation’s external defences with the latest tools and technologies makes sound sense, it’s only half a battle plan.

The biggest challenge for most external threat actors is gaining access to a target organisation, but insider threats already have this.

Insider threat is real, according to a new report that highlights employee behaviour around sharing corporate information.

Companies are too often hesitant to recognise, report or take action against employees who have become a threat to their organisation.

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 KB Life has taken on Darktrace machine learning technology to prevent cyber threats.

US insider threat and fraud detection vendor Securonix is eyeing up the Australian and NZ markets, as security breaches from within raise concerns.

70% of firms faced pricey security breaches due to compromised accounts, careless misuse, or malicious insiders—only 1% were unscathed.

Email security breaches continue to occur due to evolving threats and a lack of next generation security solutions, according to Mimecast's Dave Hood.