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IT staff and C-level executives would definitely take confidential company information when leaving their organisation(16/05/2011)
Accordingto Cyber-Ark Softwar's annual “Trust, Security and Passwords” study, the majority of IT staff and C-level executives surveyed would definitely take confidential company information when they left their organisation. Despite 66% of respondents admitting that they would take this information, both C-level professionals (93 percent) and IT staff (86 percent) acknowledged that they had no right to these details (87 percent globally overall... [more]
External threats to become a greater security risk than insider threats(18/04/2011)
In addition to expanding awareness about the risks associated with cyber espionage or advanced persistent threat (APT)-type attacks, internal threats still represent a security challenge for many organisations today. However, according to Cyber-Ark Software’s fifth annual “Trust, Security and Passwords” survey, 57 percent of global C-level executives agree that in the next one-to-three years, external threats such as cyber-criminals will bec... [more]
35 percent of companies believe their Intellectual Property has been handed over to competitors(11/08/2010)
According to Cyber-Ark® Software's fourth annual “Trust, Security and Passwords” global survey, 35 percent of respondents believe their company’s highly-sensitive information has been handed over to competitors. Thirty-seven percent of the IT professionals surveyed cited ex-employees as the most likely source of this abuse of trust. While perhaps not surprising that disgruntled workers top the list, it’s noteworthy that 28 percent suspected... [more]
Protect sensitive data by only providing staff members with access to the information they really need(09/04/2010)
The following is an email conversation UK Ltd had in March 2010: From: Dave Griffin, Managing Director To: Elaine Pearce, CISO; Richard Winston, IT Manager Subject: No Access to Sensitive Data – No Excuses Dear Elaine and Richard, You know we’ve been discussing the Data Protection Act (DPA), well I’ve just heard that The Information Commissioner’s said he’ll impose a £500K financial penalty from April for serious breaches. I don’t think we... [more]
Cyber-Ark Labs to focus on researching emerging trends in technology and information security(24/02/2010)
Cyber-Ark® Software's recently launched Cyber-Ark Labs is a new group dedicated to researching emerging trends in technology and information security. Housed in the company’s U.S. headquarters, one of the goals for Cyber-Ark Labs is to create an environment where innovative ideas can be nurtured into commercially-viable solutions. Cyber-Ark Labs will be headed by Shlomi Dinoor, who recently joined the company as its first vice president of eme... [more]
Fired employees would take with them password list, R&D plans and customer database(03/07/2009)
Despite a sharp rise in data breaches and increased media awareness on the subject, the third annual Cyber-Ark survey reveals that 35 percent of IT workers now admit to accessing corporate information without authorisation, while 74 percent of respondents stated that they could circumvent the controls currently in place to prevent access to internal information. Twelve months after the Cyber-Ark “Trust, Security & Passwords” survey discovered... [more]
How to balance the security need to monitor employees activities whilst respecting their rights to privacy
(10/06/2009)
Privacy is considered a human right in Europe and to this extent organisations have focused on protecting the privacy of their customers’ data. However, there’s a blurring of lines between monitoring employee’s activities to make sure that the organisation is secure, with the employees perception of a 'right to privacy'. To ensure the security of personal data, organisations have grasped the need to manage the people within the organisation b... [more]
Cyber-Ark introduces Managed File Transfer solution to provide governance over sensitive data exchange processes(24/11/2008)
Enterprise organizations understand that traditional solutions such as Secure FTP or other home grown file-transfer solutions are not viable and have turned to Managed File Transfer (MFT) systems to accommodate the organisation's need for secure connectivity to third parties. Traditional MFT focuses on technical and operational aspects of file-transfers, such as multi-protocol support, secure communications, third party provisioning, administrati... [more]
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