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The Insider Threat: Strategies to Safeguard Against Malicious Insiders

IT Governance

Without access to confidential information and essential systems, staff can’t perform their roles. Access control and conditional access Defence in depth Network segmentation Insider threat vs insider risk Do you consider accidental breaches caused by staff, like clicking a phishing link , part of the insider threat? It depends.

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Your Biggest Security Risk: The Insider Threat

IT Governance

Both, however, originate from staff, whether that’s someone clicking a malicious link, sending data to the wrong recipient, or deliberately stealing money or data from the organisation. The other problem is that you’re more likely to trust an insider – they’re supposed to have access to confidential systems and information.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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What Is an Insider Threat? Definition, Types, and Examples

IT Governance

For example, this could happen if an insider damages the organisation’s server or deletes information from its Cloud systems. An engineer at the firm, Jean Patrice Delia, had persuaded an IT administrator to grant him access to sensitive information, which he siphoned off with the intention of starting a rival company.

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How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In these attack scenarios, the attackers send out repeated targeted phishing attacks to employees until someone gets tired of the notifications and gives up their credentials and the one-time password token. FIDO allows users and organizations to access their resources without a username or password using an external security key.

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