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December 19, 2019

Dtex

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

Dtex

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

Dtex

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

Dtex

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

Dtex

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

Dtex

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

Dtex

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
September 13, 2019

Dtex

Decoding Context: Introducing the Insider Threat Kill Chain Video Course

We are extremely excited to announce that we have officially kicked off our first ever multi-part video course, “The Key to Context: The Insider Threat Kill Chain.” In this seven-part video series, I’ll be introducing you to the Insider Threat Kill Chain -- the five stages followed by nearly every malicious insider threat attack -- all using insights gathered from my experience as an Insider Threat Expert & Analyst at Dtex.

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Tags: Insider Threat , Dtex
September 12, 2019

Dtex

Insider Threat Awareness Month: An Opportunity for Education and a Sign of Shifting Tides

Last week, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center – a component of the Office of Director of National Intelligence -- made an announcement that will be welcomed by many in the cybersecurity industry: they officially declared September as National Insider Threat Awareness month.

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Tags: Insider Threat
August 27, 2019

Dtex

Decoding the Evolution of Insider Threats: The ESG Insider Threat Program Realities Report

Over the years, we have conducted hundreds of insider threat assessments and have investigated too many insider incidents to count. Anecdotally, it certainly feels like insider threats -- and the methods that companies use to address them -- are changing. But we wanted to know more.

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Tags: Insider Threat
July 29, 2019

Dtex

Developing a Modern Path Forward for Insider Threat Detection in Federal Organizations

Today, we were very pleased to announce that Dtex has officially received a US Department of Defense Authority to Operate. Receiving this ATO means that our solution has been approved against the DoD’s stringent security standards.

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Tags: Insider Threat , Dtex
July 22, 2019

Dtex

FaceApp Stirs Up Privacy Concerns; Emergency Meeting Called in Wake of Desjardins Data Breach

In the news last week: FaceApp raises privacy and security concerns, and an emergency summer meeting is called following the breach of millions of Canadians’ personal information.

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Tags: Insider Threat
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