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User Behavior Analytics: Why False Positives are NOT the Problem
The axiom “garbage in, garbage out” has been around since the early days of computer science and remains apropos today…
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Countering Foreign Interference: 2024 Insider Risk Report Takeaways
There has been no shortage of incidents related to foreign interference and IP theft. From theft of…
Read MoreHarris Poll Shows How To Gain Employee Support for Monitoring Programs and Avoid Privacy Invasions
All too often, privacy and security are portrayed as at odds with each other. There was a time when this…
Read MoreMonday, June 25: Dtex, Insider Threat in the News: Dtex CEO Christy Wyatt Speaks to Dark Reading about Tesla Insider Attack, NBC about Privacy and SCOTUS Cell Phone Decision; Tech’s Mega Players Meeting Wednesday to Talk Privacy and Regulation
The United States Supreme Court last week ruled in ‘Carpenter v. United States’ that the Fourth Amendment of the US…
Read MoreMonday, June 18: Dtex, Insider Threats in the News: Elon Musk Says Insider Sabotaged Tesla; US Inspector General Says Insider Risk is Putting Critical Infrastructure in Jeopardy; CIO Australia Reports Dtex Helps AMP Detect What Firewalls and AV Misses - Human Behaviors
Today, CNBC broke the news that Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk believes that an insider sabotaged Tesla by manipulating…
Read MoreMonday, June 11: Dtex, Insider Threat in the News — DOJ Makes $21M BEC Bust, Insider Error Caused 3 of 7 Breaches Reported in California Last Week
This morning, the US Department of Justice announced that 74 arrests were made during operation “Wire Wire.” The multi-national law…
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How Edward Snowden made us think about and forget the Insider Threat
Five years ago, the news media went into a frenzy after The Guardian revealed details about National Security Agency (NSA)…
Read MoreMonday, June 4, Dtex in the News: Got Vulnerable People? Facebook has 2 Billion, Dtex Provides Dark Reading Advice on How to Protect Them
When thinking about the insider threat, it is easy to focus on Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and lawsuits between companies like…
Read MoreTuesday, May 29: Dtex CEO Talks GDPR on NBC; Coke Insider Breach Nothing to Smile About, Ransom is New Ransom
Our CEO Christy Wyatt recently joined Scott McGrew on NBC Press:Here, the Silicon Valley version of Meet the Press. Alongside…
Read MoreMonday, May 21: Dtex ITIR Headlines; FBI’s $9 Billion Budget Request Highlights Insider Threats
Last week, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Director Christopher Wray asked several United States Senate committees to approve his $8.92…
Read MoreVulnerability & the Human Element: Insights from the 2018 Insider Threat Intelligence Report
Yesterday marked an exciting day for Dtex, as we released one of our keystone pieces of independent research: the 2018…
Read MoreMonday, May 14: A look at the Insider Threat and Dtex in the News
It's only Monday. Like clockwork, we are seeing another data breach that now appears to be the result of a…
Read MoreNews Roundup, Week Ending 5/4/18: Dtex, Insider Threat in the News; Smithsonian Computer Network Used in Insider Attack
This week, the Justice Department announced that Martin Mehran Taheri of Sterling, VA plead guilty to illegally accessing and then…
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Five Key Lessons from the Uber/Waymo Litigation
Last week, we witnessed, live and in real time - one of the most high-profile lawsuits in recent history, alleging…
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