Israel-based Yehuda Lindell, a cryptography professor, describes how to use secure multiparty computation technology to protect cryptographic keys and describes other potential security applications.
A failure to patch systems and slipups that lead to insider threats are two major causes of breaches in the healthcare sector that need to be urgently addressed, says Anahi Santiago of Christiana Care Health System.
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? This topic is particularly relevant now, when many public and private sector...
Organizations in all sectors struggle with mitigating the insider threat, but it's an acute concern in healthcare, where patients' lives are at stake. Pete Nourse of Veriato outlines specific threats to this sector.
Since 2011, the US federal government has required agencies to establish insider threat detection and prevention programs. What are the elements of a successful insider threat program, and how can these help non-government entities improve their own defenses and regulatory compliance? The CERT Insider Threat Center at...
As the threat landscape evolves, it becomes a game of survival of the fittest. Only the best attacks and attackers remain standing, and the result is a series of targeted ransomware attacks that now cost global enterprises millions of dollars per year. This is among the important findings of the Sophos 2019 Threat...
Some of the biggest health data breaches - including headliner Wall of Shame breaches in 2018 - are due to insiders who click on phishing emails, and fall for business email compromise scams. While there is also plenty of record snooping by insiders, healthcare also has its share of malicious bad actors looking to...
Join our expert as we look into some of the most effective and crippling threat trends from the last quarter, including a rise in the use of cryptojacking with refined sophistication, making it harder to detect.
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The current threat landscape and future trends to watch out...
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? Join this session to hear our expert offer:
The latest research on insider...
Threat intelligence analysts understand the near impossibility of searching global threat intelligence feeds to find the specific threat and vulnerability information. This is just the tip of the iceberg - the underlying problem is the lack of visibility and context across internal files that reside in their corporate...
The U.K.'s data protection regulator has fined Bupa Insurance Services £175,000 ($228,000) for failing to stop an employee from stealing 547,000 customer records, which were later offered for sale on the dark web. The ICO found that the health insurer's CRM system lacked adequate security controls.
A case involving alleged insider theft of protected health information from a hospital in New York illustrates why healthcare organizations need to take extra precautions to prevent similar incidents. Security experts offer recommendations.
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...
There has been much speculation (not to mention exaggeration) over recent years about the fabled dark web. We've heard how this shady underworld is the refuge of the cybercriminal elite and even nation state threat actors.
But beyond the hype there is the potential for dark web sources to reveal valuable...
11 Questions to Answer Before You Invest
Threat intelligence done right gives you a window into the world of your adversary. Vendors and service providers are aiming to empower organizations by alerting them to the specific threat vectors and attacks they face, as well as how they should be prioritized for...
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