10 Most Effective Data Loss Prevention Best Practices for Security Teams
Data is at the center of business. No matter what your business, you store, use, and build data that drives your business forward. Data today includes everything from your software product to customer lists to every other bit of critical information that makes your business run smoother and more productively. As such a critical resource, […]
Understanding the Cost Of A Data Breach
Expert studies have put a lot of work into identifying what a data breach is likely to cost a company or organization. Data breaches are some of the most feared types of cyberattacks in the business world, and beyond. Having sensitive data outside of the authorized user’s control creates certain kinds of dangers for individuals […]
Best Practices for Mitigating and Investigating Insider Threats
Eliminating the possibility of an insider threat is nearly impossible. However, some strategies, widely considered insider threat best practices by the cybersecurity community, help minimize the chances of insider threats materializing through mitigation and investigation. Mitigating insider threats focuses on putting systems into place that thwart malicious and unintentional insider threats to data. While insider […]
September is National Insider Threat Awareness Month: What Businesses Need to Know to Keep Data Secure
A man walks into a bar with a USB flash drive containing the personal information of every resident of an entire city. This isn’t the setup for a joke. This is the story of a city worker in Amagasaki, Japan, who carried a USB flash drive in his bag containing personally identifiable information, including birth […]
The Best Practices to Prevent Data Breaches in Today’s Cyber Threat Landscape
From small businesses to the corporate ‘big fish,’ all sorts of companies fear a data breach situation. There are many different kinds of insider threats and cyberattacks that can result in a data breach, where the company loses sensitive data, triggering liabilities and other problems. So what are some of the top security vulnerabilities that […]
The Most Common Causes of Data Breaches in Highly Regulated Industries
Organizations in highly regulated industries struggle to keep up with changing requirements, with 62% of risk executives saying that policy shifts in technology and data are leading to the most change in their business. Not only must these organizations comply with industry-specific regulations and general data protection regulations, but they must also defend against the […]
Top 20 Reasons to Use Endpoint Data Loss Prevention
Endpoint data loss prevention is critical to any organization’s security strategy. Endpoint vs. Network: What’s the Difference? When we talk about endpoint and network attacks, what do we mean? Endpoint security defends the individual devices connected to your networks, such as laptops, computers, or mobile devices. Network security seeks to protect endpoints from breaches by monitoring traffic […]
How to Protect Your Business Against Insider Threats : 10 Ways to Mitigate Risks
Securing their businesses against insider threats continues to be a top concern for organizations as part of their overall cybersecurity strategy. Even as geopolitical tensions and foreign ransomware crews have been in the headlines, security teams understand that a malicious insider with their extensive knowledge of where all the valuable troves of data are stored […]
Increasing Productivity in Call Centers with User Behavior Monitoring
Like with any other business, keeping performance and productivity up to speed is necessary to the success of the call center and the business it serves. Quality assurance software provides call centers with a means to gauge service standards but fails to provide insights on how and where agent productivity and performance can be improved. […]
Why Cybersecurity in the Financial Sector Needs An Overhaul
The current state of cybersecurity in the financial sector is bleak. Cyberattacks are on the rise and so are the costs associated with breaches. As an industry, finance has been historically slow to move away from legacy technologies. Now there’s a greater need to digitally transform their processes and their cybersecurity strategy along with them. […]
