In the beginning of 2019, more than 773 million email IDs and 21 million passwords were hacked which is claimed to be the biggest hacks of this year (so far). Australian researcher Troy Hunt discovered this and mentioned it in his website “troyhunt.com”. This incident threw a fresh question to us whether we are digitally safe. Previously, different stray breach incidents shook many large and small enterprises worldwide and forced them to take immediate initiatives for adequate security measures.
Secure sensitive data with robust Privilege Account Lifecycle Management
Probably there are more number of digital identities today than the human population on this planet. Indeed, digital identities have spiralled as our modern day economy is propelled by cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics among several other disruptive technology innovations.
4 critical scenarios why Privileged Access Management will take center stage in 2019
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has become an integral part of overall cyber security framework for any modern-day organization. As privileged accounts provide access to confidential information, securing them from any untoward incident (abuse of privileged credentials or accounts) remains one of the major concerns for the Security and Risk management pros.
10 Best Practices for PAM solution
Privileged Access Management (PAM) is one of the most discussed area of today’s cyber security arena. With the increased number of alarming data breach scenarios worldwide, it is very obvious that PAM solution would shield the organizations from any threats arising from unmonitored accounts or poor access control system. Here is a brief account of few practices that could enrich Privileged Access Management (PAM) to the next best level of robustness.
IT Central Station Users Share What They Love about ARCON
Over the last few months, the team at IT Central Station reached out to ARCON Privileged Access Management customers with one goal: to find out what they really think about their experiences with ARCON.
As the leading user review platform for enterprise technology solutions, we are always on the hunt for user feedback that can help our growing community of tech professionals make future buying decisions for their companies. Dubbed as “The Yelp of Enterprise Technology” by the Wall Street Journal, we have created a long-standing reputation of offering trusted, current and relevant information about enterprise technology solutions without vendor bias.
Malicious Insiders: Sturdy Reason for Cyber Risks
While organizations have started giving utmost importance to cyber security and have started allotting handsome budget for saving their digital assets, cyber crooks are getting smarter and giving birth to more sophisticated attack techniques. Today, suspicious insiders are giving more nightmare to the IT security officers rather than outsiders. According to the latest research, organizations cough up to $8 million annually as a price paid for the damages done by malicious insiders.
Your Data is Vulnerable: Secure it
With Facebook admitting recently that the data available online of its 2 billion users are mostly vulnerable, recent reports affirmed that a quarter of a billion accounts were compromised. Later on, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made history by testifying before the US Congress about the data leakage. People realizing the importance of data safety reaches a different level thereafter.
Thwart digital threats with behavioural analytics
Enterprises are allotting more budgets on emerging technologies that are proactive in detecting current and emerging threats. For 2018-19, the CISOs, CTOs and CIOs are eyeing on tools that use machine learning algorithms to secure companies’ digital assets, enterprise network and privilege accounts.
The expenditure on cyber security has seen a significant rise in the recent past especially after Facebook data breach, Uber data theft or even Bangladesh bank heist incidents. The digital threats are omnipresent, where the perpetrators siphon off digital money and crucial data in a day or may be for months. Worried CIOs are imploring the management to let them invest in cutting-edge technologies that can protect the privileged accounts and thwart threats.
Proactive protection is the safest way out
Identification of Insider Threats
Defying the enemy within
As the wave of digitization sweeps across the nation, it is terribly crucial for the organizations, irrespective of large or small, to take adequate security measures for protecting their huge amount of data generated every day from various sources. The CISOs, CTOs and CSOs are ceaselessly on their toes to curb the chances of any hack or data breach incident that might push them towards big irrevocable losses. This scenario of insider threats is considered to be one of the most sinister reasons for digital disaster.
Identification of Insider Threats
The implications of insider threats largely go to the administrators and other privileged users, who are commonly
Are you protecting data amid digital revolution?
Who would have thought about a decade ago that digital revolution could completely transform the way organizations conduct routine operations?
From large retailers analyzing and predicting customers’ purchasing decisions to supply chain firms adopting ‘smart’ technologies to ensure quality controls, disruptive technologies such as big data analytics and the IOTs have enabled firms to capture and effectively use the vital statistics in a real-time.