A former cybersecurity analytics specialist at health insurer Anthem, which experienced a massive data breach, offers insights on key steps organizations should take to avoid becoming the next breach victim in the headlines.
Many organizations trying to secure privileged access for employees or vendors focus solely on the privileged credentials or identities. But that's only half the battle. Securing the access pathways is just as critical to protecting critical systems and data from cyber threats. This session outlines the six steps...
A sloppy spamming operation has exposed on a server in the Netherlands a batch of files that includes more than 700 million email addresses and some associated account passwords. It's perhaps the largest batch of email addresses ever found in one spot.
Password security guidance: Do block users from picking commonly used passwords. But to avoid a usability nightmare, don't block users from picking any password that's ever been seen in a data breach, security experts advise.
Modern enterprises are in the midst of a digital revolution, adapting to the demands of Business 2.0. They are looking to embrace new business opportunities, expand into new markets, and propose new product offerings, as well as be more agile in responding to existing demands. This transformation relies on digital...
Today's FIs face a breadth of consumer demands, competitive threats and security and fraud risks. Acquiring and retaining consumers in a fiercely competitive marketplace flooded with waves of non-traditional players requires a consumer-centric digital strategy. The key enabler for an effective digital strategy is...
Finding an effective breach prevention provider is critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor products were evaluated...
Hackers have been targeting the Scottish Parliament in a "brute force cyberattack" aimed at guessing users' email passwords. Security experts say it's unlikely that state-backed attackers would resort to such a blunt assault.
The latest statistics on data center breaches show that perimeter firewalls are still not impenetrable. But what cyber criminals count on is what they will find beyond the perimeter - a hardware-centric security model that has remained unchanged for years.
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Healthcare organizations can learn important lessons - including the need for granular data access control - from the costly proposed settlement of the breach lawsuit against health insurer Anthem, says Bill Fox, a former federal prosecutor.
It can be incredibly disruptive and time-consuming to add new security technologies to your network. However, it is vital to continue to advance your organization's ability to detect and respond to advanced malware - especially malware that evades other "advanced" security tools like sandboxes and...
It's a red-faced moment for FireEye. The company says an investigation reveals that an attack against an analyst's personal online accounts was enabled by the employee's continued use of compromised login credentials.
Phishing attacks are on the rise, due in large part to how easy to launch and lucrative they are for the attackers, says Brooke Satti Charles of IBM Trusteer.
"Phishing is a really easy way to perpetrate an attack," says Satti Charles, a financial crime prevention strategist. "Creating a sophisticated way to break...
Opportunistic attackers may have breached some Parliament email accounts by brute-force guessing their way into accounts with weak passwords. But such a breach is hardly the "cyberattack" some are making it out to be.
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