Insider threats stories - Page 2

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.

61% of firms hit by insider attacks as cyber threats soar, finds Bitglass.

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.

Study reveals how insiders' blunders cost firms dearly, with 99% facing such issues in the last two years.

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

Symantec’s latest State of Security Study shows New Zealand companies rate cyber attacks as the most significant threat to their business – ahead of natural disasters, accidental IT incidents and terrorism.