Education, Awareness at the Center of U.S.' First Insider Threat Month
Federal agencies are spreading awareness around the threats insiders can pose to both governments and companies this month.
Popcorn Recipe Case Highlights Niche Trade Secret Theft Risk
This company protected its sensitive data with biometric thumbprint scanner but still managed to suffer trade secret theft after a former director of research allegedly stole gigabytes of data on its recipes.
Insiders, Data Theft A Threat To Self-Driving Car Tech
Like many companies developing self-driving car technology, Tesla and its embattled CEO Elon Musk continue to fight data theft within its ranks.
New Insider Threat Report Breaks Down Scenarios, Statistics
Verizon's new Insider Threat Report breaks down five categories of inside threat actors and outlines 11 steps to reduce risk and defend against malicious insiders.
Ex-Apple Employee Accused of Stealing Self-Driving Car IP
Federal agents apprehended a former Apple employee last week suspected of stealing intellectual property, including engineering schematics on the company's secret self-driving car technology.
Tesla Data Theft Case Illustrates the Danger of the Insider Threat
Tesla filed a lawsuit against a former employee this week after it learned he made changes to company source code and exported gigabytes of proprietary data to unknown third parties.
What Does an Insider Threat Analyst Do?
Learn about what an insider threat analyst does, along with how they affect existing procedures, policies, and protection layers in organizations in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.
The Early Indicators of an Insider Threat
Whether malicious or negligent, insider threats pose serious security problems for organizations. Forrester Senior Security Analyst Joseph Blankenship offers some insight into common early indicators of an insider threat.
Why Your Employees are a Bigger Threat than Hackers
Global cybercrime costs could reach $2 trillion by 2019. That’s up 3X from 2015, which was only a paltry $500 billion by comparison. Surprisingly, though, hackers should be the least of your worries.
Less Than Zero (Trust): Learning the Lessons of OPM and WADA
A House Oversight Report Suggests the Zero Trust Model for Government Networks. What does that mean? And will it work?
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