The Uninsured Consequences of the Sony Data Breach

The December 2014 cyberattack against Sony wasn’t the largest or even the most expensive, but this breach may go down as the most embarrassing on record. And it’s that collateral damage that raises the stakes and places the Sony breach among the most damaging in...

ThreatLAB 2015 is coming! Save the Date.

Are you looking for a fun and interesting opportunity to network with experts from a wide variety of industries while learning about the multitude of complex cyber threats facing U.S. organizations? After a resounding success last year, ThreatLAB® is back for version...

The changing threat landscape: insider threats and state-sponsored attacks

If you aren’t one of the 4.5 million people who were directly affected by the Community Health Systems (CHS) Heartbleed data breach, then you’ve certainly heard about it by now. Unfortunately, cases like these and others have become commonplace in today’s business...

Implications of Smaller-Scale Data Breaches: Citigroup, 2013

Poor security – Citigroup, 2013 The personal information of 150,000 Citigroup clients who filed for bankruptcy between 2007 and 2011 was exposed after Citigroup failed to properly redact court records prior to storing them on the Public Access to Court Electronic...

Implications of Smaller-Scale Breaches: Policy and Procedure

Breaches aren’t always the work of external hackers or malicious insider threats. They are frequently the result of carelessness on the part of an employee or security administrator. But when it comes to securing confidential information, there’s no room for error....

Why Insider Threat Detection Fails

Virtually anyone who works in industry or government can tell you what the reportable warning signs of insider threat are – sudden behavioral changes, unexplained affluence, odd working hours, etc. Yet every time an espionage incident, intellectual property theft, or...