These 10 people may be your greatest inside security risks

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CSO Update Mar 26, 2017 These 10 people may be your greatest inside security risks Last year was the worst on record for information security incidents, and the majority of those were due to inside sources, many studies agree. Prime suspects are employees and contractors with privileged user access. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • 6 of the most effective social engineering techniques • IRS makes tax refund scams harder but W-2 phishing attacks continue unabated • Snowden's ex-boss offers tips on stopping insider threats • Surviving the attack • Cisco security researcher: Ransomware crowd big on customer service White Paper: Dell Inc Data Analytics in Government The growing use of big data places mounting pressure on government to use data analytics to turn all data into actionable information. Inside this guide, you'll learn how government agencies can prepare for, and embrace, big data and analytics with details on innovative use cases, government applications of IoT, and government sponsored big data initiatives in cybersecurity, healthcare and life sciences. Read More ▶ 6 of the most effective social engineering techniques It takes a layered approach to technology and added protections and assurances for your people to fight social engineering. Read More ▶ IRS makes tax refund scams harder but W-2 phishing attacks continue unabated Anti-fraud measures by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and state agencies over the past two years have made tax refund scams harder for cyber criminals to pull off even as attacks targeting taxpayer information continue unabated. Read More ▶ Snowden's ex-boss offers tips on stopping insider threats Steven Bay, a former defense contractor, knows a thing or two about insider threats. For a brief period, he was the boss of Edward Snowden, the famous leaker who stole sensitive files from the National Security Agency. Read More ▶ Surviving the attack Recent global events have once again shown that our world is becoming more violent, with deaths from conflict and terror attacks on the rise. However, public discourse largely neglects the concept of personal situational awareness and self-preparedness in the event of an attack – be it terror or otherwise. Read More ▶ Cisco security researcher: Ransomware crowd big on customer service Cisco security research breaks down the anatomy of a cyberattack throughout the exploit kit infection chain, all the way to ransomware attacks and investigation into such breaches, at SecureWorld Boston event Read More ▶ White Paper: Dell Inc Dell EMC Analytic Insight Module Most data analytics initiatives fail or stall as organization struggle to extract business value from their many data sources. Learn how Dell EMC Analytic Insights Module has been engineered to combine self-service data analytics with cloud-native application development in a single cloud platform, enabling organizations to rapidly transform data into actionable insights with high business value - in days or weeks rather than months. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom 2. These 10 people may be your greatest inside security risks 3. What it takes to become an IT security engineer 4. Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo: How they did it 5. IRS issues new tax scam warnings, FSA tool suspended due to security concerns Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

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