Page 11 - White Papers in Governance & Risk Management

2017 Security Predictions from Malwarebytes; New Year, New Threats

Ransomware is going to get personal. Password managers will be huge targets. And we will see the rise of a whole new exploit kit. These are among the 2017 security predictions from Malwarebytes Laboratories. And because these attacks are going to continue to result in big headlines, cybersecurity is going to grow as...

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Protecting Federal Agencies via Network Segmentation

Don't guess about your agency's data, network and mission security. Adopt the successful strategies used by other federal agencies to protect their most sensitive information. Network segmentation can minimize the risk of adversaries gaining access to your agency's networks and prevent them from stealing your critical...

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Millennials: A Tsunami of Risk for Federal Agencies?

Federal agencies face rising threats as more millennials enter the workforce. Almost two-thirds also use their personal devices for their work. More than 60% of millennials won't take a job without unrestricted access to their social media platforms and more than 40% use the same password for multiple devices and...

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Rise Above the Risk: Privileged Users in the Federal Sector

Privileged users can be an agency's riskiest employees, as many have access beyond their roles or responsibilities. Moreover, current security platforms often fail to provide the necessary context to show if an incident is caused by an insider. What is your agency doing to address potentially high-risk employees and...

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The New Digital Battlefield: 2017 Security Predictions

The world is transforming, blending the physical and digital into an age of convergence. Is your agency prepared for the resulting security challenges? Drawing upon the deep resources of both Forcepoint Security Labs�� and Raytheon, the 2017 Forcepoint Security Predictions report investigates this new shift that blurs...

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Does Your NGFW Block 99.9% of Attacks, including AETs?

Forcepoint�� Stonesoft® NGFW earned a "Recommended" rating in the NSS Labs Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) Comparative Report for overall security effectiveness, performance and TCO. Stonesoft outperformed IPS-only products while also providing next-gen/cloud-based firewalling, VPN connectivity,...

Cybersecurity and the Board of Directors

A spate of high-profile, high-impact cyber breaches at several of the largest financial institutions in the United States has brought attention to a point that cybersecurity professionals have long taken as an article of faith: boards of directors need to take an active role in the management of cyber risk. Yet,...

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How to Battle Employee Behavior to Thwart Insider Threats Early and Often

As a technology professional, you know that data, network and system failures aren't your biggest problems. It's the humans who interact with these systems that cause the issues. High-risk insider threats - malicious, careless or negligent employees - are one of the main causes of data breaches. Most of the time,...

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Unlocking Business Success: The Five Pillars of User Risk Mitigation

When desktops ruled the enterprise, employers may not have claimed to have absolute control over their workers' usage of technology and data, but they surely could contain it. Whether overtly or tacitly, leadership has now empowered its employees. Thanks to mobility, the cloud and other advancements, workers decide...

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The Cost of an Unintentional Insider Threat

The term Insider Threat brings to mind the malicious employee, motivated by either money or politics to steal data that can be sold on a black market or used to damage the organization's reputation. According to a Ponemon report, unintentional employee negligence severely diminishes the productivity of the...

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A Business Case for Funding Your Insider Threat Program

The insider threat is a dangerous risk to government agencies and their most sensitive data. Monitoring the behaviors internally and identifying corrupt situations based on access, roles and actions is not a luxury government agencies can afford to go without. Read our detailed white paper on building a case to...

The Human Factor 2016: Advanced Threat Report

Today's advanced attacks focus more on exploiting human flaws than system flaws. In 2015, attackers shifted away from automated exploits and instead engaged people to do the dirty work- infecting systems, stealing credentials, and transferring funds. Across all vectors and in attacks of all sizes, threat actors...

Data Protection And The Insider Threat

Insider data exfiltration causes tremendous damage every year. Worse, the vast majority of insider data exfiltration goes undetected simply because the organization is not looking for it. Relying on technologies designed primarily to secure the perimeter leaves much to be desired. Relying on trust is only an option...

Combined Network Behavior and User Activity Intelligence

A recent survey asked information security decision-makers from various industries globally what keeps them up at night and insider threats were high on the list for the 345 pros polled. Protection from imposters requires rapid and reliable detection that offers immediate insight into what's happening, how it's...

Defending Your Hybrid Enterprise From Data Breaches and Insider Threats

Privileged credentials have served as a major attack vector in the successful execution of many breaches. Protecting privileged access is an imperative to successfully defend an organization from a breach and is a core requirement of multiple compliance regimes. Download this whitepaper to explore how to defend...