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September 23, 2020

Rajan Koo

Insider Threat Kill Chain – Part 2

It is increasingly difficult to defend against attacks. This has led security teams to acknowledge the inevitability of a successful infiltration and the adoption of “kill chain” defenses. A “kill chain” defines a set of activities that an attacker must complete successfully in an attack. Stopping any of the individual activities blocks the attack.

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Tags: Insider Threat
September 16, 2020

Rajan Koo

The Insider Kill Chain - Part 1

The “Kill Chain” is a warfare term for the process of targeting and destroying enemy forces in such a way as to make it most difficult for the enemy to continue in the battle.  In information security, it refers to the sequential steps an adversary must complete in a successful attack.

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Tags: Insider Threat
July 22, 2020

Jonathan Daly

New Dtex Intercept 6.0 Puts Human Element at the center of Next-Gen Insider Threat Management

Investments in point solutions and reliance on modules from SIEM and EPP platforms are falling short as evidenced by the increasing number of high-profile data breaches caused by malicious and negligent employees and consultants. These solutions are simply not engineered to monitor and surveil the most critical and common denominator in every business activity: the humans powering the day-to-day operations.

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Tags: Insider Threat , Dtex
May 6, 2020

Jonathan Daly

Dtex Announces $17.5M Funding led by Northgate Capital

The widespread decision corporations have made to allow employees to WFH is a great thing – both for business and for humanity during the COVID-19 crisis. However, it must be done safely. If companies heed this advice, they can ensure that their business run smoothly and, just like their employees, is protected from harm during these trying times.

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March 27, 2020

Jonathan Daly

Top 3 Security Holes to Address for Companies with WFH Employees

The widespread decision corporations have made to allow employees to WFH is a great thing – both for business and for humanity during the COVID-19 crisis. However, it must be done safely. If companies heed this advice, they can ensure that their business run smoothly and, just like their employees, is protected from harm during these trying times.

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Tags: Insider Threat , Remote Workers
December 19, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Analyst Breach Insights, Week of December 19: Looking Back on 2019 and Forward to 2020 and Beyond

At long last, the end of a year -- and a decade! -- looms, and a new one is practically at our doorstep. In light of the end of 2019 and the beginning of a new chapter, this week’s Analyst Insights is all about looking at the big picture.

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Tags: Insider Threat , Insider Threat Analyst Files
November 26, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Analyst Breach Insights Week of November 26: Macy’s Breach(es), the Definition of Insanity, and Breaking the Cycle

In this week’s Analyst Breach Insights, we’re discussing Macy’s recent data breach, as well as the broader question: why is Macy’s continually getting breached, even after facing heavy consequences for it? Where is the recovery effort going wrong?

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Tags: Insider Threat , Visibility , Insider Threat Analyst Files
November 20, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Analyst Breach Insights, Week of November 20: Undetected Breaches, Accidental Exposure, and VPN Risks

In this week’s analyst breach insights, we discuss four of the breaches in last week’s news, which will lead us from the topics of anti malware to threat intelligence to the rise of publicly accessible data. To discuss these breaches, we sat down with three senior members of Dtex’s analyst and expert team: VP of Field Engineering Steven Spadaccini, SVP of Customer Engineering Rajan Koo, and Manager of Insider Threat and Cybersecurity Investigation Armaan Mahbod.

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Tags: Dtex , Insider Threat Analyst Files
November 14, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Analyst Breach Insights Week of November 14: Dissecting the Trend Micro Insider Breach

In this week’s analyst breach report, we’re taking a look at on one particularly interesting breach that happened last week -- at anti-malware cybersecurity company Trend Micro.

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Tags: Insider Threat , Insider Threat Analyst Files
November 6, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Announcing Weekly Breach Insights from Dtex Analysts: Week of November 6

We’re thrilled to kick off our first installment of our weekly Analyst Breach Insights series. In these posts, we’ll be rounding up a few notable breaches from the past week and discussing them with Dtex’s threat experts, who will provide responses and insights based on their experiences in the field. This week, we sat down with Dtex’s Manager of Insider Threat and Cybersecurity Investigation, Armaan Mahbod, to discuss what we can learn from this week’s breaches — including phishing attacks, software exploits, ransomware, and more.

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Tags: Insider Threat Analyst Files
October 17, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Federal Organizations, Insider Threats, and the Pressing Need for Modern UAM

Last week saw yet another reminder of why it is so important to have a comprehensive insider threat strategy in federal organizations. Last Wednesday, a counterterrorism analyst from the US Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested on charges that he leaked top secret and classified information to two reporters.

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Tags: Insider Threat
September 23, 2019

Jonathan Daly

Insider Threat Awareness Month: Information vs. Intelligence

September is Insider Threat Awareness Month, and in recognition, we’re running new articles that shed light on a different commonly-misunderstood aspect of insider threats. In our last article, we talked about why insider threats are a bigger problem than ever, and why the declaration of Insider Threat Awareness Month is a positive sign of shifting tides. Today, we’re going to dive further into the details of insider threat detection.

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Tags: Insider Threat
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