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User Behavior Analytics: Why False Positives are NOT the Problem

May 7, 2024 | dtexsystems.com | Christopher Burgess

The axiom “garbage in, garbage out” has been around since the early days of computer science and remains apropos today to the data associated with user behavior analytics and insider risk management (IRM). During a recent Conversations from the Inside (CFTI) episode, Mohan Koo, DTEX President and Co-Founder, spoke about how organizations are often quick to blame the tools for not living up to expectations.
North Korea’s ScarCruft APT group targets infosec pros

Jan 22, 2024 | csoonline.com | Cynthia Brumfield |Shweta Sharma |Christopher Burgess |Linda Rosencrance

The group seeks intelligence on the cybersecurity community by targeting researchers and threat analysts. Cybersecurity researchers and threat analysts are high on the list of valuable targets for nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.
China remains the biggest threat, according to the defense security community

Jan 18, 2024 | csoonline.com | Christopher Burgess |Jon Gold |Lucian Constantin |Shweta Sharma

Defending against a nation-state bent on exposing secrets through any cracks it can find will require governments and corporations to find ways to work together.
Enterprises with Kyocera printers open to path traversal attacks

Jan 9, 2024 | csoonline.com | Shweta Sharma |Christopher Burgess |Chris Hughes |Jon Gold

Path traversal attacks can be carried out using an input validation bug in the Kyocera device manager application.
Protecting Windows networks: Get back to basics for the new year

Jan 8, 2024 | csoonline.com | Susan Bradley |Christopher Burgess |Jon Gold |Joe Sullivan

While it may be tempting to adopt new Microsoft Windows network protection tactics, methods, and software, a better approach is to review and refine what’s already in place.
FBI probes into Pennsylvanian water utility hack by pro-Iran group

Nov 29, 2023 | csoonline.com | Shweta Sharma |Alex Levin |Christopher Burgess

Federal and state investigations are underway for the recent pro-Iran hack into a Pennsylvania-based water utility targeting Israel-made equipment.
Amazon’s AWS Control Tower aims to help secure your data’s borders

Nov 28, 2023 | csoonline.com | Jon Gold |Christopher Burgess |Evan Schuman

Amazon's AWS Control Tower system, designed to let users more easily manage complicated cloud environments with multiple accounts and wide arrays of services, now has 65 new controls and rule sets aimed at managing digital sovereignty concerns.
A year after ChatGPT’s debut, is GenAI a boon or the bane of the CISO’s existence?

Nov 23, 2023 | csoonline.com | Christopher Burgess |Cynthia Brumfield |Christopher E Whyte |Lucian Constantin

You can try to keep the flood of generative AI at bay but embracing it with proper vigilance is likely the best hope to maintain control and prevent the scourge of it becoming shadow AI.
3 ways to fix old, unsafe code that lingers from open-source and legacy programs

Nov 23, 2023 | csoonline.com | Maria Korolov |Shweta Sharma |Christopher Burgess

Code vulnerability is not only a risk of open-source code, with many legacy systems still in use — whether out of necessity or lack of visibility — the truth is that cybersecurity teams will inevitably need to address the problem.
Measuring the Efficacy of your Insider Risk Program

Nov 21, 2023 | dtexsystems.com | Christopher Burgess

For those dealing with insider risks for as long as I have, justifying the mission can feel akin to providing results to Fermat’s Last Theorem. There are solutions to each challenge, but maintaining and securing buy-in against competing budgetary requirements is easier said than done. This is why measuring the efficacy of your insider risk program is so important. Insider risk programs are dynamic and require ongoing support.