Michael Lines is working with Information Security Media Group to promote awareness of the need for cyber risk management, and as a part of that initiative, the CyberEdBoard will post draft chapters from his upcoming book, "Heuristic Risk Management: Be Aware, Get Prepared, Defend Yourself." This post's chapter is...
For Raina Verma, head of fraud and forensics at Majid Al Futtaim, Retail, a holding company in Dubai that manages hotels and retail chains, data continues to be an important tool to uncover insider fraud. She discusses how to include contract employees in fraud strategy and offers tips on leveraging data.
As the workplace quickly evolves, people are working from everywhere
and accessing data from anywhere. Suddenly, CISOs must manage not
just external threats but countless risks from within, which always prove
more elusive and harder to detect or prevent than traditional external
ones. While the most common insider...
The U.K. High Court has upheld the U.S. government's request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after receiving assurances about the conditions in which the 50-year-old would be held. Assange reportedly plans to appeal the ruling.
A former employee of a New York-based technology company, likely to be IoT technology company Ubiquiti, has been arrested for stealing confidential data and extorting his employer for nearly $2 million. If convicted, the suspect faces up to 37 years in prison.
The saying "Penny-wise, pound-foolish" is relevant when we talk to those friendly, knowledgeable finance people about ongoing employee screening due to the dreaded insider threat and the costs associated with it - which leads to us pulling out our hair in utter frustration. This rant is about that.
Pfizer has sued a former employee, alleging she uploaded to her personal devices and accounts thousands of files containing confidential information and trade secrets pertaining to the company's vaccines and medications, including its COVID-19 vaccine, to potentially provide to her new employer.
In the latest weekly update, four ISMG editors discuss: a federal judge imposing the maximum sentences on a hacker who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, regulators getting tougher on cryptocurrency lending platforms and the return to in-person roundtables.
A new self-assessment tool aims to help public and private sector organizations assess their level of vulnerability to insider threats, according to CISA. The agency also indicated this week it will keep its "rumor control" website active ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
The pandemic and the rise in cyberattacks has put CISOs in a new spot, says Amit Dhawan, CISO and DPO at Birlasoft. He discusses why it's critical for them to understand business risks.
All enterprises face potential losses due to insider threats, whether the threat actors are malicious or otherwise. This white paper delves into
All enterprises face potential losses due to insider threats, whether the threat actors are malicious or otherwise. This white paper delves into where insider threats come...
As the risks to IT and OT converge, organizations must use "zero trust" to verify user identities and build effective monitoring capabilities to track the behavior of privileged users, say Kartik Shahani of Tenable and Rohan Vaidya of CyberArk.
In a manufacturing setting where most employees are not IT savvy, building cybersecurity awareness is essential, says Mansi Thapar, global CISO and DPO, at Jaquar Group, an India-based manufacturer.
Implementing a "zero trust" framework for the healthcare sector requires gaining board support for implementing the right access management controls, according to a panel of experts.
A Nigeria-based ransomware gang is conducting a campaign that dangles a $1 million bribe - or a portion of any ransom collected - to employees of targeted organizations if they will install DemonWare ransomware on their corporate network.
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