The Rising Profile of The Corporate Security Executive Leaders are forged in times of crisis. So, it’s not surprising that a rare confluence of events that includes the current pandemic and recent social unrest has given organizations’ Chief Security Officers… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 27, 2020
China harboring military-linked biologist fugitive at San Francisco consulate, FBI says US orders China to close consulate in Houston. The Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a biology researcher who falsely denied connections to the Chinese military to obtain… Read More
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What Are Some Best Practices to Follow When Formulating a Corporate Password Policy?
Passwords are the first line of defense for the protection of sensitive data. We use them everywhere, from our online accounts to our mobile phones and more. A robust, clearly defined password policy in a corporate environment is a useful… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 20, 2020
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground. A Twitter insider was responsible for a wave of high… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News – July 20, 2020
Security pros say the Twitter hack highlights how a simple combination of phishing and ‘insider threats’ is the biggest security risk companies need to worry about Top cybersecurity experts say Wednesday must be seen as a major wakeup call at… Read More
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How Can Your Organization Secure Its Remote Workforce?
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert a major influence on organizations, their employees, and their relationships to data and intellectual property. Where remote work was once considered a nice perk for employees, now more and more organizations are forced to… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 13, 2020
Professor Charged Over Scheme to Use $4M in US Grant Money to Conduct Research for China A criminal complaint alleges that Song Guo Zheng was a participant in a Chinese Talent Plan, a program established by China to recruit individuals… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat News – July 13, 2020
From the Chartroom: The Cost of China’s Intellectual-Property Theft Imagine if pirates were sailing up and down America’s coasts, plundering treasure worth between 0.9 percent and 2.6 percent of U.S. GDP every year. Amid the partisan rancor of today’s politics,… Read More
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What is Alert Fatigue and How Can It Undermine Your Insider Risk Management Efforts?
Alerts are fundamentally important tools in security operations. They deliver important information to you and your team about events happening within your network and can help prevent major breaches from developing out of seemingly minor occurrences. However, alerts can also… Read More
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ITMG Insider Threat Cases – July 6, 2020
‘Theft Is Not Innovation’; Chinese Tech Executive Convicted of Silicon Valley Industrial Espionage A federal judge has convicted a Chinese national of economic espionage, stealing trade secrets and engaging in a conspiracy for the benefit of his country’s government. “The… Read More