10 things to help you identify intruder threats faster
The security threats posed by external and internal intruders cannot be overstated, and will become even more significant as compliance and operational requirements continue to tighten.
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The security threats posed by external and internal intruders cannot be overstated, and will become even more significant as compliance and operational requirements continue to tighten.
The rapidly rising tide of cybersecurity attacks has naturally driven security and IT managers to strengthen their perimeters and bolster their defences. But without paying similar attention to what’s happening on their internal networks, they are leaving massive blind spots that could potentially produce catastrophic results.
There's been a significant shift in cyber-attacks over recent years. Although we often call this change an increase in sophistication, it's really a response to how security strategies have been developed and executed.
Metadata has been in the news over the last couple of years. The term has been used by businesses and government ministers but there doesn’t seem to be a consensus about what metadata actually is and how to can be used. Metadata is simply data.
Information security's roots in IT have traditionally left CIOs and CISOs wrestling to contain the business risks it creates, but growing board and C-level involvement in cybersecurity is reshaping that tradition as business guidance holds cybersecurity practitioners to new standards of governance and risk management.
The breakneck growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has taken many technology prognosticators by surprise – but there will be other, far less pleasant surprises in store if IoT manufacturers can't improve their security practices quickly enough to avoid a data disaster.
Adding connectivity to all manner of devices has created immense opportunities to build self-monitoring, self-managing networks that leverage ubiquitous computing to deliver services in entirely new ways. Yet with this opportunity also come new threats, as Internet of Things (IoT) visionaries recognise the need to embrace new forms of information security to prevent malicious exploitation of their expansive visions.
The rush to embrace cloud computing may be the defining trend of the decade, but businesses thinking public-cloud adoption relieves them of their information-security obligations should think again – and remember just what it takes to keep on top of an expanding hybrid enterprise infrastructure.