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Digital Guardian for Data Protection and Export Control Compliance
Learn how Digital Guardian applies context-aware data protection to support export control compliance proactively.
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Friday Five: Hacked ISPs, Major Breaches, Insider Threats, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 08/30/2024
This past week, hackers took advantage of a 0-day to steal ISP customers' credentials, a former Verizon employee pleaded guilty to feeding info to a Chinese spy agency, and more. Get up to speed in this week's Friday Five!
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Friday Five: Unsuspecting Threats, New CUI Guidance, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 05/17/2024
This past week, BreachForums was taken down for a second time, an Arizona woman was arrested for her role in a North Korean remote work scheme, CISA and the NIST released new guidance, and more. Catch up on all the latest news in this week's Friday Five.
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Friday Five: Zero-Trust Guidance, IP Theft, Surging Cybercrime, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 03/08/2024
An FBI report on rising cybercrime topped this week's headlines and was further underscored by an IP theft scandal at Google, but new initiatives from the White House and NSA aim to combat such threats. Get up to speed on these stories and more in this week's Friday Five!
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Friday Five: Insider Threats, Compliance Woes, Fighting Espionage, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 12/08/2023
In this week's Friday Five, learn how internal threat actors are finding success, the U.S. and allies are fighting foreign espionage campaigns, a new bill could fortify the U.S. cybersecurity workforce, and more.
On-Demand Webinar
Stories from the Street with a Cybersecurity Veteran: Your Data Is Traveling. Shouldn't Your Security?
Your employees are everywhere. So is your data. Have we equipped our teams to deal with this situation?In this on-demand webinar, cybersecurity industry veteran and Fortra’s Director of Product Management for Data Protection Wade Barisoff will discuss his experience on both sides of the table, both as a Fortune 500 security director as well as leading product direction at Fortra.Our 30-minute...
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Friday Five: DDoS and USB Attacks, Critical Infrastructure Concerns, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 07/21/2023
A rise in cyberattacks’ volume and sophistication, lawmakers cracking down on privacy, the rising threats to critical infrastructure, and more. Catch up on these stories and more in this week’s Friday Five!
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What is ITAR Compliance? (Regulations, Fines, & More)
By Juliana de Groot on Thu, 06/08/2023
Learn about ITAR compliance in Data Protection 101, our series on the fundamentals of information security.
Video
Digital Guardian Sees Through Data Protection Evasion Techniques
Tue, 12/06/2022
This demo mimics the various techniques used to mask attempts to steal sensitive company data and how Digital Guardian can stop them.
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Insider Threat: Definition & Examples
Tue, 12/28/2021
A recent report said that almost half of data breaches involve an insider element. In this blog we define what constitutes an insider threat and give you nearly 50 examples to help illustrate the threat further.
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CISA Rolls Out New Insider Threat Risk Assessment Tool
Thu, 09/30/2021
The tool, which is intended for both public and private sector organizations, can help companies better assess their vulnerability to insider threats.
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US Indicts Man Behind Shopify Insider Breach
Mon, 04/12/2021
It seems as if the goal of the breach was to set up copycat merchant pages to divert sales from the originals.
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Suit Claims Attorneys Stole, Destroyed Data Before Joining Rival Firm
Wed, 02/17/2021
A new lawsuit alleges four attorneys plotted their exit months before they left for a competing firm, then copied and destroyed corporate data.
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Insider Threats Poised to Increase in 2021
Wed, 10/28/2020
Forrester, citing the persistence of remote work, predicts that internal incidents will be responsible for 33% of breaches in 2021.
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Former Employee Breached Company Payroll Data
Thu, 10/22/2020
Before resigning, the employee stole company data and created a "superuser" account that let him access the network after he left.
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Shopify Acknowledges Insider Breach of 200 Stores
Wed, 09/23/2020
A breach at the popular e-commerce site was linked back to two "rogue" support team employees.
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Popcorn Recipe Case Highlights Niche Trade Secret Theft Risk
Mon, 05/06/2019
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.
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New Insider Threat Report Breaks Down Scenarios, Statistics
By Chris Brook on Wed, 03/06/2019
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.
Product Video
Top Trends in Advanced Threats to Sensitive Data in 2019
By Tim Bandos
Your organization regularly faces threats to sensitive data from both inside and outside the organization. The team charged with delivering your information security can tell stories about what they learn from the solutions in place. Digital Guardian manages security programs for hundreds of customers, globally, we see hundreds of stories every day. We see the novel threats that can turn into...
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Ex-Apple Employee Accused of Stealing Self-Driving Car IP
Thu, 07/12/2018
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.