Keeping up with requirements has caused financial organizations to rapidly overhaul their IT infrastructure. Because of this rapid digitalization, organizations are consuming many different security solutions creating a bespoke environment that inadvertently exposes them to cyber threats.
You must be a Free member to access this content.
The name WannaCry still invokes memories of chaos and disaster amongst anyone in the technology world. The anniversary of this widespread attack in May each year has been named Anti-Ransomware Day, to encourage organisations to back up their data and adopt necessary security protections.
Read more...
The fourth annual Identity Management Day (April 9) brought the opportunity to assess and evaluate the shifting environment plaguing Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Identity plays a pivotal role in all facets of business functions. Overseeing identity and access presents challenges in determining who should have access to what.
This process requires a contextual understanding of the roles and duties of numerous individuals within an organization, ranging from system owners and supervisors to IT, security, and compliance personnel. Managing access between all these stakeholders and decision-makers while mitigating human error, minimizing excessive permissions, and preventing inappropriate access configurations presents a formidable task.
As workforces evolve, managing access privileges becomes even more complex, raising the risk of insider threats and unauthorized access. Understanding identity management is crucial across all business activities, especially with the rise of hybrid and remote work setups.
A strong IAM strategy requires enterprises to maintain a centralized and consistent view of all devices, resources, data, and users, along with timely provisioning of access to different users. When any of these elements are insufficiently operated, both the level of cybersecurity and the quality of user experience are jeopardized.
Read more...
From our predictions issue: As 2024 gets underway, here are three threats which promise to be making waves in the coming year.
In a world awash in AI-generated, intentional misinformation and urban myths, would you bet your job on the reliability of the information you want to share? You might be betting someone’s life on it.
Read more...
Each year Black Friday grows in popularity, and Cyber Monday is now a key part of the sales weekend. But, this growth of popularity has sparked the interest of cybercriminals, who are also out to exploit the vast number of people online trying to bag a bargain.
Read more...
Today, everyone is trying to solve the problem of what happens when credentials are compromised, and a network is breached. The simplest approach is to minimise movement until security teams can resolve the incident.
Read more...
As October is coming to an end with eerie Halloween celebrations, we’d like to remind everyone that today also marks the last day of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Read more...
The MGM Grand/Caesar’s breach is the most exhaustively covered cyber event in recent memory. Even the attackers published detailed explanations of how they did it. There was, however, one question still needs answering:
Read more...
Insider threats are more commonplace than one would expect. But what can be done to prevent them? Zero Trust is one answer – so we spoke to several industry experts to learn what they have to say on the topic.
Read more...