Banks and other financial services sector organizations need to pay more attention to their security infrastructure and defenses and apply application security safeguards to monitor all of their data - as well as individual files, says Terry Ray, CTO of Imperva.
The managed security services marketplace has matured, says Rick Miller of Trustwave. But persistent myths continue to color perceptions. Miller attempts to shatter those myths and shed light on the market's new realities.
Improperly implemented foundational controls pave the way for many data breaches, says Tim Erlin of Tripwire, who offers tips on building a strong foundation.
The head of the NSA's Cybersecurity Threat Operations Center says attackers haven't bothered targeting unclassified U.S. Defense Department networks with a zero-day exploit in 24 months. Instead, they attempt to exploit flaws within 24 hours of information of the vulnerability or exploit going public.
Brett Johnson was a career fraudster - he stole millions from victims by pioneering a plethora of cyber fraud schemes. Aaron Sherman is a career law enforcement agent - most recently operating as a cyber special agent with the FBI. Together, they offer a two-pronged look at some of today's top cybercrimes - how they...
Maintaining strong payments security practices is a continuously moving target given the ever-evolving payments ecosystem and dynamic nature of the threat environment. The commitment to improve security is a priority throughout the payments industry as evidenced by the ongoing collaboration across these issues. This...
You can build a tall castle with fortified walls, but what good are the defenses if you leave the drawbridge open?
Recent breaches such as Equifax and Panera Bread have shown how basic vulnerabilities to application framework and web service code can lead to embarrassing headlines and crises of confidence.
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Accidentally careless employees are the biggest cause of incidents involving data loss, responsible for almost 25 percent of all breaches.
Given that employees are the first line of defense against socially engineered schemes, such as account takeover, new account fraud and other crimes, doesn't it make sense to...
Organizations spend millions every year to prevent attacks, yet they have very little insight into the actual cyber risk they're facing. Without that insight, it's difficult to know where to focus resources or measure the value of any security investments.
This presentation discusses how you can build your own...
Security hygiene can be poor, and criminals know it. Fraudulent activity costs are in the billions worldwide across industries, and over 16 million consumers in the US were victims of identity theft or fraud in the past year. Learning to onboard new data at the speed of the business will ensure your fraud team can...
As businesses evolve to support a complete digital experience, a challenge has emerged to one of the most basic questions of doing business: How can I truly trust I know my customer?
In the world of data breaches and identity theft, legacy programs of identity proofing and authentication do not instill a high level...
Despite increasing investment in cyber security tools for the data center, we continue to see a rise in data breaches and their related costs, specifically those relating to the insider threat: accidental loss, misdirected content and the malicious insider. These types of incidents contribute up to 80% of all breached...
As director of the NSA for nearly a decade, Gen. Keith Alexander (retired) saw the nation-state cybersecurity threat evolve from a nuisance to a sophisticated adversary. Now, as CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, he's spearheading a defense.
As the head of DevSecOps at Intuit, Shannon Lietz tracks the real-world tactics, techniques and procedures hackers use against her organization. She's cataloged the top 10 application security attack techniques being used against Intuit, which differ markedly from the OWASP top 10.
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