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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...

IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Index for Financial Services

Significant threats and massive breaches make front-page news on a regular basis, leaving businesses and consumers wondering whether their data can ever be considered safe again. That kind of news can be especially damaging to the financial services industry, where success really depends on reputation and trust....

SANS Review: Reducing Detection and Response Times

Although we have made progress in the use of analytics and intelligence, the latest SANS Security Analytics survey shows 26 percent of respondents feel they still can't understand and baseline normal behavior in their IT environments, with a majority citing a lack of people and dedicated resources as an...

The Threats From Within: How Educating Your Employees On Cybersecurity Can Protect Your Company

Human beings are the weakest link within any organization, presenting new opportunities for cybercriminals to infiltrate your company. But your employees can also be your first and best line of defense. With a robust security education program in place, your company can protect its most sensitive information by...

Mitigating The Accidental Insider Threat

When it comes to threat detection, spotting malicious insiders is one thing. They often leave a trail. But how do you protect against the accidental insider threat? Organizations need to deploy tools such as spam filters, secure gateways and sandboxing technologies to help mitigate the vulnerabilities introduced by...

Top 10 Tips for Educating Employees about Cybersecurity

Do you know the most common risk factor for corporate cybercrime? Employees. Sometimes, the threat actually originates from within, when employees' ignorance and/or negligence opens the door for cybercriminals. This eBook is designed to provide you with tips for educating your employees about cybersecurity. It's...

Cyber Security Intelligence Index

Significant threats and massive breaches make front-page news on a regular basis, leaving businesses and consumers wondering whether their data could ever be considered safe again. Major vulnerabilities have been found lurking in well-known applications, many of which had been dormant for more than 10 years. Once...

The Shift to File-Centric Security

Files may be secure within a network using perimeter-based solutions. They may even remain secure during transit using encryption technologies. But what happens once recipients obtain and decrypt those files? How do you keep information secure as the file gets passed around or downloaded onto a flash drive? How can...

Risk Mitigation: Keeping Employee Risk From Becoming Insider Threat

This White Paper will present some common sense suggestions for improving the "beginning of the lifecycle" risk mitigation process. In other words, ways to add a bit more intelligence beginning with the screening and hiring process. Then, we'll look at how to tie the efforts made at the beginning of the lifecycle to...

The ROI of Fighting Fraud

A penny saved is a penny earned, as Benjamin Franklin made familiar in Poor Richard's Almanac in 1737 - and every penny of fraud loss recovered (or better yet, avoided) goes straight to the organization's bottom line. Present-day examples span the gamut of industries. The losses are in the billions and growing -...

Mobility on Hold: Get Back on Track with Mobile Risk Mitigation

Mobile banking continues to gain momentum, growing faster than any other delivery channel to date. Many financial institutions want to expand capabilities in the mobile channel, but are concerned about security. Given the evolving threats, mobile innovation has outpaced the industry's appetite for deploying new...

The Changing Face of Cyber-Attacks

Recent security breaches have been devastating to targeted companies, both financially and in terms of their corporate reputation. Many of these have been external attacks, but insiders often pose a more insidious risk. This whitepaper describes how these attacks occur, and highlight key capabilities that can...

Power of Continuous Threat Protection

The threat landscape has changed significantly in the past year, creating the demand for new security strategies. And with the acquisition of Mandiant, FireEye also has changed significantly and now provides security strategies and solutions from first alert to remediation. In this transcript of the video...