Up to 80 million individuals may now be at risk of identity theft thanks to a massive data breach at Anthem–the nation’s second largest health insurance provider. How many customers or employees would be compromised if your company suffered the […]
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Most cyber attacks against a corporation aren’t conducted by a nation-state. Most cyber attacks against a corporation don’t seek to literally destroy data and PCs. The recent attack against Sony was not most attacks. I had a chance to talk
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No. At least I hope you wouldn’t sell the password to your bank account for $150. A recent survey from SailPoint, however, found that one in seven users would be willing to sell the password they use at work to
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People don’t like getting fired. When an employee learns that he or she is being terminated, any company loyalty that may have existed is instantly dissolved in most cases and the now-disgruntled employee will look for ways to boost their
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While everyone is worried about North Korea, the NSA, and other external third-party threats, the biggest threat to network resources and sensitive data is still the people you trust most. Employees with access to information pose a significant risk–whether it’s
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President Obama had some bold proposals for strengthening cybersecurity in his State of the Union address. I think we can all agree that cyber attacks and cybercrime are a serious threat to national security, commerce, individual privacy, and more. The
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There are a few common threads that seem to exist across the major data breaches of the last couple years. One of those is the fact that the attackers are often accessing the network and stealing gigabytes or terabytes of
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With remote access tools, who needs to steal a physical device to get access to payment data? A recent hack of a parking management service provider proves that access security is vital to keeping customer payment card data safe. SP+
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There have been a lot of data breaches–many of them massive breaches affecting tens of millions of customers–in 2014. That isn’t likely to slow down in 2015. A new report from Experian highlights some of the factors fueling data breach
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There are many variations on the theme that one can not address or resolve a problem until one first recognizes that the problem exists. When it comes to network and data security, and the ability to defend against data breaches,
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