Businesses know breaches are happening, but do they know how, why and when?

Nearly four in five companies (79%) were hit by a breach in the last year, according to Balabit. Their research also revealed that 68% businesses expect to be impacted by further breaches this year, with more than a quarter anticipating a breach to occ… Continue reading Businesses know breaches are happening, but do they know how, why and when?

Insider threats and the misuse of privileged credentials

35% of IT professionals see themselves as the biggest internal security risk to networks within their organisation, according to new research from Balabit. Biggest insider risk IT professionals may understand what their most valuable assets are, but th… Continue reading Insider threats and the misuse of privileged credentials

Behavior is the new authentication: A look into the future

In the next few years organizations will face extreme IT security challenges. Hackers are targeting humans instead of machines. All the most costly cyber attacks (APTs, ransomware) are a result of employees or third party providers’ privilege misuse, and executing a social engineering attack is easier than finding zero days. Traditional pattern-based perimeter defense tools, password-based authentication, user access control solutions are necessary but missing a trick when it comes to the detection of privileged … More Continue reading Behavior is the new authentication: A look into the future