A former CIA software engineer who is facing child pornography charges is a possible suspect in the largest-ever leak of classified information from the spy agency. While Joshua A. Schulte has not been charged with the leak, prosecutors have indicated they will soon indict him.
Cybersecurity technology advances and NIST best practices along with automation and system controls go a long way to minimize errors, but it doesn't completely eliminate the potential for error by human actors. So how can you reduce the opportunity for and damage of a threat to your organization?
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When it comes to fraud prevention, many organizations overlook the insider threat - both the malicious actor who intends to commit fraud as well as the accidental insider who makes a mistake or is taken advantage of by an external entity. The CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the...
Accidentally careless employees are the biggest cause of incidents involving data loss, responsible for almost 25 percent of all breaches.
Given that employees are the first line of defense against socially engineered schemes, such as account takeover, new account fraud and other crimes, doesn't it make sense to...
Despite increasing investment in cyber security tools for the data center, we continue to see a rise in data breaches and their related costs, specifically those relating to the insider threat: accidental loss, misdirected content and the malicious insider. These types of incidents contribute up to 80% of all breached...
Insider threats aren't going away, but the introduction of machine learning and AI are proving to be powerful tools in the fight, says Randy Trzeciak of Carnegie Mellon University's CERT.
As account opening continues to transition from physical to digital channels, financial institutions and other organizations must optimize the digital experience of applicants in order to compete while simultaneously mitigating fraud risk that is on the rise thanks to some of the same digital channel benefits enjoyed...
When insider threat researcher Randy Trzeciak looks at artificial intelligence and machine learning, he sees the potential for technology to help organizations predict potentially dangerous insider behavior - not just respond to it.
When it comes to fraud prevention, many organizations overlook the insider threat - both the malicious actor who intends to commit fraud, as well as the accidental insider who makes a mistake or is taken advantage of by an external entity? The CERT Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the...
Insiders with access to paper records can pose a serious fraud threat, as recent guilty pleas in an Oklahoma healthcare case illustrate. Experts offer advice on addressing the insider threat.
As account opening continues to transition from physical to digital channels, financial institutions and other organizations must optimize the digital experience of applicants in order to compete. At the same time, fraud is on the rise thanks to some of the same digital channel benefits enjoyed by consumers:...
If you browsed the latest security headlines, you'd probably think the majority of data breaches were related to hackers, political activists, malware or phishing. While the latter two hint at it, the truth is that nearly half of all data breaches can be traced back to insiders in some capacity.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have both charged Jun Ying, a former CIO at data broker Equifax, with engaging in illegal insider trading after he determined that his employer had suffered a massive breach.
On average, 49 per cent of users admit to having shared their network password with at least one other user.
So, as employee numbers grow, an organisation's vulnerability to insider threats increase dramatically. This can cause long term damage, taking months or even longer to protect.
This report explores the...
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
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