Web application developers often rely on open source JavaScript libraries and third-party scripts in order to innovate faster and keep pace with evolving business needs. However the lack of visibility and control of these third party scripts and libraries introduces vulnerabilities that can negatively impact the...
Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled threat seen by law enforcement. But phishing, business email compromises and other types of fraud - many now using a COVID-19 theme - also loom large, Europol warns in its latest Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment.
Increasingly, cyber attacks are taking advantage of privileged accounts, and traditional PAM controls are not enough to defend against them. Tim Keeler of Remediant discusses the role of Zero Standing Privilege and just-in-time privileged account defense.
In the face of highly sophisticated adversaries with nearly limitless time and resources, individual organizations no longer can defend sufficiently, nor should they have to with the technology now available to make Collective Defense possible.
Yet while the idea of Collective Defense sounds practical, it is...
It's common for security researchers to be ignored when reporting a software vulnerability. The latest example - vulnerabilities found by Independent Security Evaluators in a router made by China-based Tenda.
Lastminute.com is a worldwide travel company that helps customers in 40 countries search and book travel related products and services. The company operates a portfolio of well-known brands, each with a consumer website in multiple languages and its own security and performance needs. Their total combined traffic...
Users are often lax about their own passwords to the dismay of many employers and organizations they transact with. Strong authentication is critical and organizations must be careful about security measures for their online customer transaction accounts - but when users become too frustrated during the login process...
In today's shifting security and regulatory environment, ongoing third-party monitoring is crucial to compliance success. But how do you keep up with a constantly changing and growing list of vendors?
This session will outline the keys to third-party risk management success through a modern approach to monitoring...
The realms of data privacy and information security have traditionally been separate in most organizations. However, these domains are increasingly fusing, and in today's digital world, you need them to work in unison.
Many companies leave the question of ownership to their legal department, but today's CIOs are...
Where have all the hacktivists gone? While the likes of Anonymous, AntiSec and LulzSec became household names in the early 2010s, in the past three years the number of website hacks, defacements and information leaks tied to bona fide hacktivists has plummeted.
For financial institutions, every new customer heralds an opportunity - but if the organization doesn't know enough about that customer there may be risks as well. Using know your client (KYC) and customer due diligence (CDD) checks as an initial first line of defense in reducing the risk of money laundering and...
Join Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and Dtex Systems to get a detailed look at a newly released ESG Research Insights Report, "Insider Threat Program Realities." Based on the survey of 300 security and IT professionals in the US, the report underscores the continued struggle most organizations face when it comes to...
Website breaches are becoming a daily occurrence. Organizations, entrusted with millions of customer data points, are failing to protect consumers adequately and as a consequence, losing valuable data.
Despite the expectation that companies should be prepared for both accidents and deliberate attacks, there is a...
Customer accounts are an integral tool to help merchants foster customer loyalty. But when login credentials are compromised, they present a unique opportunity for fraudsters to commit CNP fraud and steal customer PII. In 2018 alone, Account Takeover attacks resulted in over $11 billion in losses.
The fallout from...
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