SIEM complexity and cloud visibility put companies at risk

Nearly half of companies are unable to remediate insider threats until after data loss has occurred, a Gurucul survey reveals. The study found that lack of visibility into anomalous activity, especially in the cloud, and manual SIEM workloads have incr… Continue reading SIEM complexity and cloud visibility put companies at risk

1 in 4 employees would steal company information to secure their next job

According to a survey of 476 IT security professionals at Black Hat USA 2019, nearly one in four (24%) said they would take company information to help apply for a position at a competitor. The Gurucul study also found that managed service providers or… Continue reading 1 in 4 employees would steal company information to secure their next job

New infosec products of the week: August 2, 2019

Qualys is making its Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory app available to all businesses for free Qualys is making its Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory app available to all businesses for free. In a world where connected devices are explodin… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: August 2, 2019

Gurucul Network Behavior Analytics solution provides identification of advanced and unknown cyber threats

Gurucul, a leader in behavior based security and fraud analytics technology for on-premises and the cloud, announced the Gurucul Network Behavior Analytics (NBA) solution, the industry’s most advanced Network Traffic Analysis product. It leverage… Continue reading Gurucul Network Behavior Analytics solution provides identification of advanced and unknown cyber threats

Insider attacks still far more difficult to detect and prevent than external cyber attacks

A recent survey conducted by Gurucul of more than 320 IT security experts, found that 15 percent of people said they would delete files or change passwords upon exiting a company. Most organizations place their focus on defending against and detecting … Continue reading Insider attacks still far more difficult to detect and prevent than external cyber attacks

Manufacturing sector most vulnerable to insider threats

Almost three quarters of the 650+ international IT professionals Gurucul canvassed said they are vulnerable to insider threats, and ranked user error (39%) and malicious insiders (35%) ahead of account compromise (26%) as their leading concern. Small e… Continue reading Manufacturing sector most vulnerable to insider threats

Gurucul extends behavior based security analytics to entire IT stack

Gurucul, a leader in behavior based security and fraud analytics technology, announced a new version of its Gurucul Risk Analytics (GRA) platform, which extends behavior based security analytics with pre-built machine learning models that span the enti… Continue reading Gurucul extends behavior based security analytics to entire IT stack

New infosec products of the week​: May 18, 2018

Monitor user and entity behaviors to prevent advanced attacks Gurucul Fraud Analytics uses purpose-built machine learning models to correlate cross-channel behaviors and detect suspicious activities associated with fraud in financial, healthcare and re… Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: May 18, 2018