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A new SolarWinds survey has found that 56 percent of public sector information technology decision-makers said they consider the general hacking community as the top security threat in their organizations, while 52 percent of respondents pointed to careless insiders as primary threats. Market Connections, a research firm commissioned to conduct the survey, polled 400 IT […] More
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has approved Code42's cloud-based platform for use in the federal government to help agencies and other customers protect data and assets from insider threats. Code42's FedRAMP "Moderate Impact" authorization, supported by the Department of Energy, adds the platform to the FedRAMP Marketplace and validates its compliance with security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring standards for cloud products and services, the company said Tuesday.
Sean Berg, senior vice president and general manager for global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said that organizations should prioritize the monitoring of user perimeters through a zero-trust approach. “With people as the new perimeter, zero trust is a non-negotiable first step for securing newly distributed agency workforces and ensuring users are who they say they are,“ Berg wrote in a guest piece for FedScoop.
A new SolarWinds report shows that 52 percent of information technology security professionals from public sector organizations say they consider untrained and careless insiders as the top threat to their agencies.
The GovCon industry is calling on the government to pursue sharing of insider threat data about cleared employees with contractors as agencies prepare to ramp up their vetting and continuous evaluation initiatives as part of the administration's security clearance modernization efforts, Federal News Network reported Friday.
A data breach at Capital One Financial compromised the personal information of more than 100M U.S. and Canadian customers and credit card applicants, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Kanav Gandhi, a product manager at Thales eSecurity, wrote in a blog post published Thursday about the key insights cybersecurity professionals can draw from the television series Game of Thrones and one of those is the need for long-term plans to protect data from threats.
A new Verizon report says cyber espionage, error by insiders and privilege misuse accounted for 72 percent of data breaches in the public sector. Verizon analyzed over 41K security incidents and more than 2K data breaches from 86 countries for the 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report and found that 16 percent of breaches occurred in the public sector.
Forcepoint CEO Matt Moynahan said insider threats to organizations start with access, privilege and the threat actors' intentions, Federal News Network reported Friday. “The definition of insider becomes very blurry with things like digital transformation [or] movement to the cloud. Attackers are getting in, identities and credentials are being stolen, and the human being has become one of the primary vectors of attack,“ he told Cyber Chat host Sean Kelley.
A new SolarWinds report shows that more than 50 percent of information technology security professionals from federal civilian and defense agencies say foreign governments and careless insiders are the primary sources of IT security threats. SolarWinds said Wednesday research firm Market Connections was commissioned to poll 200 federal IT security personnel between December and January for its annual Federal Cybersecurity Survey and found that 51 percent of respondents say contractors pose greater security risks to agencies.
Industry stakeholders have participated in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence“™s efforts to come up with a framework of common standards designed to help agencies assess an individual“™s suitability for a security clearance, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence, said Tuesday ODNI expects to complete those […] More
Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy has said organizations that seek to protect corporate intellectual property from insider threats should “implement a clear set of policies governing technology usage.“ Kennedy, a two-time Wash100 awardee, wrote in a commentary posted Tuesday on Fortune that such policies could guide information technology teams as they work to detect malicious access attempts and determine […] More
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