2010 Timeline of data breaches involving U.S. financial institutions. See the type of breaches, when they occurred and how many records were compromised.
"The environment that started by supporting whistleblowers ... is essentially morphing into 'Gee, we as an organization need to be completely transparent, whether we want to or not,'" says Cal Slemp, managing director of Protiviti.
Thwarting the insider threat entails more than knowing an individual with access to a computer, but to recognize the synergy between the individual, organization, technology and environment, I3P Research Director Shari Lawrence Pfleeger says.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has become akin to a "cyber messiah," Hemu Nigam says. And Assange's followers have proven: "If you turn your back on our messiah, we are going to take you down."
The recent WikiLeaks release of thousands of sensitive government documents puts security leaders on notice: The breach threat is real, and no organization is immune.
"Until they personally suffer pain, they don't think it is something that can happen to them," says Eric Cole, an insider threat expert and SANS Institute faculty fellow.
WikiLeaks leaks raise questions about internal at financial institutions, and the Fed Reserve of Atlanta talks mobile and the future of electronic payments.
How can you recognize the intent of your colleague and perhaps prevent him from manifesting as a true insider threat? Blogger Upasana Gupta provides the answer.
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