The document discusses a case study of insider fraud at a large bank called Main Street Banking. A lead software developer, Mark Smith, devised a scheme to earn fraudulent rewards points from corporate credit cards and cashed them in for $300,000. The document then outlines recommendations from a security team called 2Secure on how to prevent, detect, and respond to insider threats, including improving access controls, monitoring for behavioral and technical anomalies, establishing an insider threat response plan with cross-functional stakeholders, and providing security awareness training for employees.
Cyber Security Extortion: Defending Against Digital Shakedowns CrowdStrike
Real world lessons from CrowdStrike Services experts investigating complex cyber extortion attacks
The criminal act of theft is as old as civilization itself, but in the cyber realm new ways to steal your organization's data or profit by holding it hostage, continue to evolve. With each advancement in security technology, adversaries work tirelessly on new techniques to bypass your defenses. This webcast, "Cyber Extortion: Digital Shakedowns and How to Stop Them" examines the evolution of cyber extortion techniques, including the latest "datanapping" exploits. Whether it's an attack on a major movie studio, a massive healthcare system, or a global entertainment platform, recent extortion attempts demonstrate how critical it is to understand today's threat landscape so you can ensure that your organization mounts the best defense possible.
Download this presentation to learn what security experts from the cyber defense frontlines are discussing. Learn about:
•The range of extortion techniques being used today, including commonalities and differences in approaches
•Commodity type ransomware/datanapping vs. hands-on attacks — how are they alike and what are their differences?
•Potential outcomes of paying vs. not paying when attempting to recover data after an attack
•Real world examples of successful attacks and those that were thwarted or mitigated
•Strategies for keeping your organization from being targeted and what to do if you become the victim of a cyber shakedown
This document outlines the need for security awareness and training programs in organizations. It discusses regulatory requirements for such programs, including those from standards like HIPAA, ISO, and SOX. The goals of awareness programs are to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of assets while developing understandable security safeguards. Different training types and phases of training programs are described. The presentation also covers delivering security messages through various means and measures taken for awareness.
This document provides an overview of information technology security awareness training at Northern Virginia Community College. It aims to assist faculty and staff in safely using computing systems and data by understanding security threats and taking reasonable steps to prevent them. Everyone who uses a computer is responsible for security. New employees must complete training within 30 days, and refresher training is required annually. Users have personal responsibilities around reporting violations, securing devices and data, and safe email practices. Security violations can result in consequences like data loss, costs, and disciplinary action. Training must be documented and various delivery methods are outlined.
Mike Saunders discusses detecting and preventing insider threats. Some key points:
- Insider threats can be unintentional like mistakes or intentional like theft. 20% of breaches are due to insiders according to the Verizon DBIR.
- Prevention methods include denying default access, whitelisting applications, restricting removable media and physical access, implementing data classification and privilege management.
- Monitoring outbound email, network traffic, and file shares is important. Logging authentication, access to sensitive data, and firewall activity can help detect anomalies.
- Education is also critical to mitigate insider threats.
This document summarizes a security awareness training presentation that covered topics such as why security training is important, 21st century security threats, PCI compliance, security objectives and challenges, data classification, and security responsibilities. It provided examples of security incidents, the costs of data breaches, PCI DSS requirements, and outlined the company's security framework including defenses, controls, and challenges around excessive data retention, vulnerable infrastructure, lack of documentation and logging.
This document provides an overview and objectives for an information security awareness training. It covers topics like electronic communication, email viruses, phishing, internet usage, social networking, password management, and physical security. The training aims to help users understand cybersecurity threats, how to safely use technology, and their role in protecting company information assets. It emphasizes the importance of having strong, unique passwords and avoiding opening attachments or clicking links from unknown sources.
This document provides an overview of cyber security topics and best practices. It discusses basics of information security, standards like ISO 27001, and how to harden operating systems. It covers password security, securing USB devices, email security, ransomware prevention, safe browsing, social media security, and mobile device security. Key advice includes using strong and unique passwords, encrypting USB drives, backing up data, updating software, and avoiding public Wi-Fi. The document also discusses cyber threats, types of hackers, and security incidents from the past as examples.
Cyber Security Extortion: Defending Against Digital Shakedowns CrowdStrike
Real world lessons from CrowdStrike Services experts investigating complex cyber extortion attacks
The criminal act of theft is as old as civilization itself, but in the cyber realm new ways to steal your organization's data or profit by holding it hostage, continue to evolve. With each advancement in security technology, adversaries work tirelessly on new techniques to bypass your defenses. This webcast, "Cyber Extortion: Digital Shakedowns and How to Stop Them" examines the evolution of cyber extortion techniques, including the latest "datanapping" exploits. Whether it's an attack on a major movie studio, a massive healthcare system, or a global entertainment platform, recent extortion attempts demonstrate how critical it is to understand today's threat landscape so you can ensure that your organization mounts the best defense possible.
Download this presentation to learn what security experts from the cyber defense frontlines are discussing. Learn about:
•The range of extortion techniques being used today, including commonalities and differences in approaches
•Commodity type ransomware/datanapping vs. hands-on attacks — how are they alike and what are their differences?
•Potential outcomes of paying vs. not paying when attempting to recover data after an attack
•Real world examples of successful attacks and those that were thwarted or mitigated
•Strategies for keeping your organization from being targeted and what to do if you become the victim of a cyber shakedown
This document outlines the need for security awareness and training programs in organizations. It discusses regulatory requirements for such programs, including those from standards like HIPAA, ISO, and SOX. The goals of awareness programs are to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of assets while developing understandable security safeguards. Different training types and phases of training programs are described. The presentation also covers delivering security messages through various means and measures taken for awareness.
This document provides an overview of information technology security awareness training at Northern Virginia Community College. It aims to assist faculty and staff in safely using computing systems and data by understanding security threats and taking reasonable steps to prevent them. Everyone who uses a computer is responsible for security. New employees must complete training within 30 days, and refresher training is required annually. Users have personal responsibilities around reporting violations, securing devices and data, and safe email practices. Security violations can result in consequences like data loss, costs, and disciplinary action. Training must be documented and various delivery methods are outlined.
Mike Saunders discusses detecting and preventing insider threats. Some key points:
- Insider threats can be unintentional like mistakes or intentional like theft. 20% of breaches are due to insiders according to the Verizon DBIR.
- Prevention methods include denying default access, whitelisting applications, restricting removable media and physical access, implementing data classification and privilege management.
- Monitoring outbound email, network traffic, and file shares is important. Logging authentication, access to sensitive data, and firewall activity can help detect anomalies.
- Education is also critical to mitigate insider threats.
This document summarizes a security awareness training presentation that covered topics such as why security training is important, 21st century security threats, PCI compliance, security objectives and challenges, data classification, and security responsibilities. It provided examples of security incidents, the costs of data breaches, PCI DSS requirements, and outlined the company's security framework including defenses, controls, and challenges around excessive data retention, vulnerable infrastructure, lack of documentation and logging.
This document provides an overview and objectives for an information security awareness training. It covers topics like electronic communication, email viruses, phishing, internet usage, social networking, password management, and physical security. The training aims to help users understand cybersecurity threats, how to safely use technology, and their role in protecting company information assets. It emphasizes the importance of having strong, unique passwords and avoiding opening attachments or clicking links from unknown sources.
This document provides an overview of cyber security topics and best practices. It discusses basics of information security, standards like ISO 27001, and how to harden operating systems. It covers password security, securing USB devices, email security, ransomware prevention, safe browsing, social media security, and mobile device security. Key advice includes using strong and unique passwords, encrypting USB drives, backing up data, updating software, and avoiding public Wi-Fi. The document also discusses cyber threats, types of hackers, and security incidents from the past as examples.
If you don't already have a security training program, this presentation is a great tool for a new hire orientation or company-wide meeting. It includes all of our top 10 tips, plus examples of relevant news stories to drive home the point. You can customize it to include your own tips or insert individual slides in other presentations.
Download a customizable PPT here: www.sophos.com/staysafe
This document summarizes a presentation given by Ranjit Sawant of FireEye. The presentation covered the following key points:
1) Attackers are increasingly leveraging COVID-19 themes in cyber attacks, with malicious emails related to COVID-19 increasing fourfold in March 2020. However, these emails still represent a small percentage of overall malicious emails detected.
2) FireEye Endpoint Security provides capabilities to detect and respond to advanced threats, going beyond just malware to track indicators of compromise, behavior, and attacker techniques across the attack lifecycle.
3) The presentation included a war story example of how FireEye Endpoint Security was used to investigate and respond to a sophisticated nation-state attacker targeting an Asian bank.
Social Engineering - Human aspects of grey and black competitive intelligence. What is social engineering? How it is used in the context of competitive intelligence and industrial espionage? How to recognize HUMINT / social engineering attacks? Which governments are known to use it?
Hacking involves exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems or networks to gain unauthorized access. There are different types of hackers, including white hat hackers who perform ethical hacking to test security, black hat hackers who perform hacking with malicious intent, and grey hat hackers who may sometimes hack ethically and sometimes not. Ethical hacking involves testing one's own systems for vulnerabilities without causing harm. Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests are common ethical hacking techniques that involve scanning for vulnerabilities and attempting to exploit them in a controlled way. Popular tools used for ethical hacking include Kali Linux, Nmap, Metasploit, and John the Ripper.
1. Cybercrime involves using computers or the internet to facilitate illegal activities such as identity theft, hacking, and financial fraud. The first recorded cybercrime took place in 1820.
2. Common types of cyber attacks include financial fraud, sabotage of networks or data, theft of proprietary information, unauthorized system access, and denial of service attacks. Hacking, pornography, viruses, and software piracy are also examples of cybercrimes.
3. Managing cybersecurity risks requires understanding threats like criminals and spies, vulnerabilities in systems and supply chains, and potential impacts such as data theft, service disruptions, and damage to infrastructure. Strong defenses, insider monitoring, and rapid patching are keys to risk reduction.
Slide yang kupresentasikan di PyCon 2019 (Surabaya, 23/11/2019)
Red-Teaming is a simulation of real world hacking against organization. It has little to no limit of time, location, and method to attack. Only results matter. This talk gives insight about how “hacker” works and how python can be used for sophisticated series of attack.
This document provides an overview of network security concepts. It discusses the importance of protecting information assets as the most valuable company assets. It then covers key network security topics like the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability. It defines threats at both the network and application levels, and discusses how to overcome threats through policies, user awareness training, and security technologies like firewalls, IDS/IPS, antivirus software, VPNs, spam filters and web content filtering. The document aims to educate about network threats and appropriate security controls and protections.
Cyber Security 101: Training, awareness, strategies for small to medium sized...Stephen Cobb
I developed "Cyber Security 101: Training, awareness, strategies for small to medium sized business" for the second annual Small Business Summit on Security, Privacy, and Trust, co-hosted by ADP in New Jersey, October 2013.
Phishing Attacks - Are You Ready to Respond?Splunk
Phishing and Spear Phishing attacks are the number one starting point for most large data breaches. But there is currently no efficient prevention technology available to mitigate this risk. Learn what capabilities organizations need to have in order to respond to phishing attacks and lower the risk.
- Learn how to detect and respond to phishing attacks
- Understand how an average user behaves when faced with a phishing attack and why they are so successful
- Get insight into the questions that you will need to answer if a phishing campaign is running against your organisation
- Learn the capabilities organisations will need to have in order to answer those questions and protect against phishing attacks
- Learn how you improve your incident response capabilities
Threat intelligence involves collecting and analyzing information about cyber attacks from sources like threat intelligence providers, public information sharing centers, and open-source intelligence. This information is used to help organizations defend against known threats. Threat research involves studying past and present threat information to identify indicators of compromise, which can provide evidence that a system has been breached and alert security teams. Common indicators include unusual outbound traffic, anomalies in privileged user accounts, activity from unusual geographic locations, and suspicious changes to device configurations.
Hacking refers to activities aimed at exploiting security flaws to obtain personal or private information without authorization. A typical hacker will identify a target system, gather information about it, find a security loophole, exploit that loophole using hacking software to access the system without authorization, and then delete traces of their access. Hackers target systems for reasons like stealing credit card or identity information, accessing business information, or proving their skills. Hacking can result in significant financial losses for companies and the loss of private data. Countries with the most hackers include the United States, China, Turkey, Russia, and others.
Talking about Next-Gen Security Operation Center for IDNIC+APJII as representative from IDSECCONF. People-Centric SOC requires lot of investment on human in terms of quantity and quality, unfortunately, (good) IT security people are getting rare these days. Organisation need to put their investments more on technology, as in Industry 4.0, machines are getting more advanced to support Human on doing continuous and repetitive task.
Moving from “traditional” to next-gen SOC require proper plan, thats what this talk was about.
The document defines security attacks and threats. It describes different types of attacks like passive attacks, active attacks, insider attacks, phishing attacks, spoofing attacks, hijack attacks, exploit attacks and password attacks. It also discusses two common threats - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL injection. XSS involves injecting malicious code snippets while SQL injection embeds malicious code in a poorly-designed app passed to the backend database.
** Cyber Security Course: https://www.edureka.co/cybersecurity-certification-training **
This Edureka PPT on "Cybersecurity Fundamentals" will introduce you to the world of cybersecurity and talks about its basic concepts. Below is the list of topics covered in this session:
Need for cybersecurity
What is cybersecurity
Fundamentals of cybersecurity
Cyberattack Incident
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This month, Community IT presents basic IT security training for end users. Learn about common threats and the best techniques for dealing with them. This webinar is intended for a broad audience of both technical and non-technical staff.
The document discusses the threat of insider attacks and data breaches. It notes that most organizations focus on external threats but insider threats actually result in many data breaches. Internal data breaches are more common than external breaches according to statistics. The document advocates for a risk assessment approach and role-based detection methods to better monitor insider behavior and detect potential insider threats. It describes tools and processes for identifying anomalous insider behavior, conducting data analytics, and escalating incidents.
Combating Insider Threats – Protecting Your Agency from the Inside OutLancope, Inc.
When Edward Snowden leaked classified information to the mainstream media, it brought the dangers posed by insider threats to the forefront of public consciousness, and not without reason. Today’s agencies are drowning in fears surrounding sophisticated cyber-attacks but perhaps the most concerning type of attack out there – the insider threat. According to Forrester, abuse by malicious insiders makes up 25% of data breaches. Learn about the best practices and technologies you should be implementing now to avoid becoming the next victim of a high-profile attack.
- Become aware of the different types of insider threats, including their motives and methods of attack
- Understand why conventional security tools like firewalls, antivirus and IDS/IPS are powerless in the face of the insider threat
- Gain clarity on the various technologies, policies and best practices that should be put in place to help detect and thwart insider threats
- Discover how network logs, particularly NetFlow, can be used to cost-effectively monitor for suspicious insider behaviors that could indicate an attack
- Know about emerging attack methods such as muleware that could further escalate insider threats in the coming years
If you don't already have a security training program, this presentation is a great tool for a new hire orientation or company-wide meeting. It includes all of our top 10 tips, plus examples of relevant news stories to drive home the point. You can customize it to include your own tips or insert individual slides in other presentations.
Download a customizable PPT here: www.sophos.com/staysafe
This document summarizes a presentation given by Ranjit Sawant of FireEye. The presentation covered the following key points:
1) Attackers are increasingly leveraging COVID-19 themes in cyber attacks, with malicious emails related to COVID-19 increasing fourfold in March 2020. However, these emails still represent a small percentage of overall malicious emails detected.
2) FireEye Endpoint Security provides capabilities to detect and respond to advanced threats, going beyond just malware to track indicators of compromise, behavior, and attacker techniques across the attack lifecycle.
3) The presentation included a war story example of how FireEye Endpoint Security was used to investigate and respond to a sophisticated nation-state attacker targeting an Asian bank.
Social Engineering - Human aspects of grey and black competitive intelligence. What is social engineering? How it is used in the context of competitive intelligence and industrial espionage? How to recognize HUMINT / social engineering attacks? Which governments are known to use it?
Hacking involves exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems or networks to gain unauthorized access. There are different types of hackers, including white hat hackers who perform ethical hacking to test security, black hat hackers who perform hacking with malicious intent, and grey hat hackers who may sometimes hack ethically and sometimes not. Ethical hacking involves testing one's own systems for vulnerabilities without causing harm. Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests are common ethical hacking techniques that involve scanning for vulnerabilities and attempting to exploit them in a controlled way. Popular tools used for ethical hacking include Kali Linux, Nmap, Metasploit, and John the Ripper.
1. Cybercrime involves using computers or the internet to facilitate illegal activities such as identity theft, hacking, and financial fraud. The first recorded cybercrime took place in 1820.
2. Common types of cyber attacks include financial fraud, sabotage of networks or data, theft of proprietary information, unauthorized system access, and denial of service attacks. Hacking, pornography, viruses, and software piracy are also examples of cybercrimes.
3. Managing cybersecurity risks requires understanding threats like criminals and spies, vulnerabilities in systems and supply chains, and potential impacts such as data theft, service disruptions, and damage to infrastructure. Strong defenses, insider monitoring, and rapid patching are keys to risk reduction.
Slide yang kupresentasikan di PyCon 2019 (Surabaya, 23/11/2019)
Red-Teaming is a simulation of real world hacking against organization. It has little to no limit of time, location, and method to attack. Only results matter. This talk gives insight about how “hacker” works and how python can be used for sophisticated series of attack.
This document provides an overview of network security concepts. It discusses the importance of protecting information assets as the most valuable company assets. It then covers key network security topics like the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability. It defines threats at both the network and application levels, and discusses how to overcome threats through policies, user awareness training, and security technologies like firewalls, IDS/IPS, antivirus software, VPNs, spam filters and web content filtering. The document aims to educate about network threats and appropriate security controls and protections.
Cyber Security 101: Training, awareness, strategies for small to medium sized...Stephen Cobb
I developed "Cyber Security 101: Training, awareness, strategies for small to medium sized business" for the second annual Small Business Summit on Security, Privacy, and Trust, co-hosted by ADP in New Jersey, October 2013.
Phishing Attacks - Are You Ready to Respond?Splunk
Phishing and Spear Phishing attacks are the number one starting point for most large data breaches. But there is currently no efficient prevention technology available to mitigate this risk. Learn what capabilities organizations need to have in order to respond to phishing attacks and lower the risk.
- Learn how to detect and respond to phishing attacks
- Understand how an average user behaves when faced with a phishing attack and why they are so successful
- Get insight into the questions that you will need to answer if a phishing campaign is running against your organisation
- Learn the capabilities organisations will need to have in order to answer those questions and protect against phishing attacks
- Learn how you improve your incident response capabilities
Threat intelligence involves collecting and analyzing information about cyber attacks from sources like threat intelligence providers, public information sharing centers, and open-source intelligence. This information is used to help organizations defend against known threats. Threat research involves studying past and present threat information to identify indicators of compromise, which can provide evidence that a system has been breached and alert security teams. Common indicators include unusual outbound traffic, anomalies in privileged user accounts, activity from unusual geographic locations, and suspicious changes to device configurations.
Hacking refers to activities aimed at exploiting security flaws to obtain personal or private information without authorization. A typical hacker will identify a target system, gather information about it, find a security loophole, exploit that loophole using hacking software to access the system without authorization, and then delete traces of their access. Hackers target systems for reasons like stealing credit card or identity information, accessing business information, or proving their skills. Hacking can result in significant financial losses for companies and the loss of private data. Countries with the most hackers include the United States, China, Turkey, Russia, and others.
Talking about Next-Gen Security Operation Center for IDNIC+APJII as representative from IDSECCONF. People-Centric SOC requires lot of investment on human in terms of quantity and quality, unfortunately, (good) IT security people are getting rare these days. Organisation need to put their investments more on technology, as in Industry 4.0, machines are getting more advanced to support Human on doing continuous and repetitive task.
Moving from “traditional” to next-gen SOC require proper plan, thats what this talk was about.
The document defines security attacks and threats. It describes different types of attacks like passive attacks, active attacks, insider attacks, phishing attacks, spoofing attacks, hijack attacks, exploit attacks and password attacks. It also discusses two common threats - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL injection. XSS involves injecting malicious code snippets while SQL injection embeds malicious code in a poorly-designed app passed to the backend database.
** Cyber Security Course: https://www.edureka.co/cybersecurity-certification-training **
This Edureka PPT on "Cybersecurity Fundamentals" will introduce you to the world of cybersecurity and talks about its basic concepts. Below is the list of topics covered in this session:
Need for cybersecurity
What is cybersecurity
Fundamentals of cybersecurity
Cyberattack Incident
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This month, Community IT presents basic IT security training for end users. Learn about common threats and the best techniques for dealing with them. This webinar is intended for a broad audience of both technical and non-technical staff.
The document discusses the threat of insider attacks and data breaches. It notes that most organizations focus on external threats but insider threats actually result in many data breaches. Internal data breaches are more common than external breaches according to statistics. The document advocates for a risk assessment approach and role-based detection methods to better monitor insider behavior and detect potential insider threats. It describes tools and processes for identifying anomalous insider behavior, conducting data analytics, and escalating incidents.
Combating Insider Threats – Protecting Your Agency from the Inside OutLancope, Inc.
When Edward Snowden leaked classified information to the mainstream media, it brought the dangers posed by insider threats to the forefront of public consciousness, and not without reason. Today’s agencies are drowning in fears surrounding sophisticated cyber-attacks but perhaps the most concerning type of attack out there – the insider threat. According to Forrester, abuse by malicious insiders makes up 25% of data breaches. Learn about the best practices and technologies you should be implementing now to avoid becoming the next victim of a high-profile attack.
- Become aware of the different types of insider threats, including their motives and methods of attack
- Understand why conventional security tools like firewalls, antivirus and IDS/IPS are powerless in the face of the insider threat
- Gain clarity on the various technologies, policies and best practices that should be put in place to help detect and thwart insider threats
- Discover how network logs, particularly NetFlow, can be used to cost-effectively monitor for suspicious insider behaviors that could indicate an attack
- Know about emerging attack methods such as muleware that could further escalate insider threats in the coming years
Insider Threat Kill Chain: Detecting Human Indicators of CompromiseTripwire
Your organization’s greatest assets are also its greatest threat: People. Your greatest risk are those you trust. Last year, more than a third of data breaches were perpetrated by a malicious insider, such as an employee, contractor or trusted business partner.
On average, an attack by an insider is also more likely to cost the most, averaging $412K per incident.
The intentions of these insiders can be sabotage, fraud, intellectual property theft or espionage. However, in many cases, patterns of detectable behavior and network activity emerge that provide indicators of risk, assist in early detection and in speeding up response time of an actual incident.
In this webinar we discussed:
- how human resources, legal and IT can work together to help prevent insider threats before they become a problem.
- how to dentify risk indicators with employee attitudes and behavior and how it correlates to their patterns of activity on your network.
- how you can use log intelligence and security analytics to automate actions and alerts and rapid reporting and forensics.
The recorded webcast for this presentaion can be found here:
http://www.tripwire.com/register/insider-threat-kill-chain-detecting-human-indicators-of-compromise/
While the current threat landscape is full of sophisticated and well-resourced adversaries, one of the most dangerous is the insider because they already have access to the sensitive data on your network.
According to a report from Forrester Research, nearly half of technology decision makers who experienced a data breach in the year studied reported that an internal incident was the source of their compromise.
Since firewalls and perimeter defenses are largely incapable of addressing insider threats, organizations must turn to internal network monitoring and analytics to identify threats based on their behavior.
Join us for a free webinar on the Five Signs You Have an Insider Threat to learn what to look for to protect your organization from this challenging attack type. The webinar will cover topics including:
- Insider threat prevalence
- Major signs of insider threat activity
- How to detect these signs
- How to identify an insider threat before they impact your organization
Insider threats come in a variety of forms and may be malicious or simply the result of negligence. Insider attacks can cause more damage than outsider threats, so it is important that organizations understand how to protect against and remedy insider threats. Learn more about insider threats and GTRI's Insider Threat Security Solution in this presentation. (Source: GTRI)
This presentation includes information about Cisco Stealthwatch, which goes beyond conventional threat detection and harnesses the power of NetFlow. With it, you get advanced network visibility, analytics, and protection. You see everything happening across your network and data center. And you can uncover attacks that bypass the perimeter and infiltrate your internal environment. (Source: Cisco)
View on-demand recording: http://securityintelligence.com/events/x-force-threat-intelligence-protect-sensitive-data/
Malicious or inadvertent, an insider threat to your enterprise “crown jewels” can cause significant damage. In this webcast, learn which attack trends you need to be prepared to address, explore options to protect against these threats and how you can combat this area of risk. We will also share best practices and recommendations for implementing an end-to-end data protection strategy including data encryption, monitoring, dynamic data masking and vulnerability assessment for all data sources and repositories.
In this presentation, you will learn:
- The latest findings from the X-Force Threat Intelligence Report
- How various threats and vulnerabilities are evolving
- How companies can mitigate this exposure
Addressing Future Risks and Legal Challenges of Insider ThreatsForcepoint LLC
Get an in-depth analysis of the framework of insider threats, its legal considerations and global privacy implications, and best practices to build an effective insider threat program.
I have been asked several time to refresh the content of my 2013 presentation on this topic. While much of the core principles remain the same, I have provided some additional resources to consider for those that are looking to develop an Insider Threat Program.
A lecture given by Naor Penso to emergency & disaster management masters students @ Tel-Aviv University to educate them on cybersecurity crisis management.
This document provides guidelines for handling a blackmail attempt in 6 steps:
1. Preparation includes identifying internal and external contacts and ensuring awareness of blackmail risks.
2. Identification involves detecting the incident, gathering details on the blackmailer, and informing stakeholders.
3. Containment focuses on limiting the attack's effects, such as through backups or investigating technical vulnerabilities.
4. Remediation removes the threat, often by ignoring the blackmail while monitoring for further activity.
5. Recovery restores normal operations through notifying management of actions taken and decisions made.
6. Aftermath includes documenting lessons learned to improve future blackmail handling processes.
Incident response methodology involves responding to and managing cyber attacks through investigation, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned. A well-developed incident response plan is needed to minimize damage from attacks and data breaches, and recover as quickly as possible. Key aspects of incident response include detecting incidents, formulating response strategies, investigating through data collection and forensic analysis, and reporting findings. The goal is to understand attack methods and prevent future incidents.
The document outlines steps for responding to an insider abuse incident, including establishing contacts and procedures during preparation; detecting the incident through technical alerts, human reports, or external notifications; containing the threat by involving parties, lowering privileges, and seizing devices; investigating through forensics and logs; taking disciplinary action or filing a complaint as needed for remediation; restoring normal operations and communications during recovery; and documenting lessons learned in an incident report to improve plans and defenses.
Be More Secure than your Competition: MePush Cyber Security for Small BusinessArt Ocain
The document provides guidance on improving cybersecurity through basic training and awareness. It discusses how people are often the biggest vulnerability and outlines common social engineering tactics like playing on emotions, creating a sense of urgency, and using hyperlinks or attachments in emails. It recommends continuous education and emphasizes that antivirus alone is not sufficient, and that email filtering and training are important defenses against phishing attacks. Additional resources are provided to help test for phishing vulnerabilities and check if email addresses have been involved in data breaches. Physical security controls and separating financial duties are also recommended to reduce fraud risks.
Risk Management Approach to Cyber Security Ernest Staats
The document discusses implementing a risk management approach to cyber security. It emphasizes that security can no longer be outsourced and instead the security team should help others become more self-sufficient. It then discusses various cyber risks like the growing attack surface and risks to health care as a target. Finally, it discusses strategies to implement an enterprise risk management approach like determining how information flows and conducting risk analysis interviews.
EVERFI Webinar: Training Under the New York Cybersecurity RequirementsMichele Collu
The document summarizes cybersecurity training requirements under New York financial services regulations. It outlines that the regulations require covered entities to provide regular cybersecurity awareness training for all personnel, as well as specialized training for cybersecurity personnel. It discusses best practices for effective training, including using a narrative case-based approach and focusing on culture, in order to help employees understand cybersecurity is a business matter and that they are the greatest risk but also greatest asset. The takeaway is that while training is mandatory, it is important it is conducted effectively rather than just having policies.
1) Risk assessment is the foundation of any security program and can help organizations avoid significant fines and penalties in the event of a data breach or audit findings.
2) A risk analysis involves identifying threats, vulnerabilities, and risks; assessing current security measures; determining the likelihood and impact of risks; and identifying security measures to address risks.
3) Tools and frameworks like NIST, HIPAA, OCTAVE, and those from CompTIA, DHS, and HHS can help organizations conduct thorough and effective risk analyses.
Cyber Threat Intelligence is a process in which information from different sources is collected, then analyzed to identify and detect threats against any environment. The information collected could be evidence-based knowledge that could support the context, mechanism, indicators, or implications about an already existing threat against an environment, and/or the knowledge about an upcoming threat that could potentially affect the environment. Credit: Marlabs Inc
Ronald G. Miller has over 15 years of experience in information security. He currently works as an Incident Response Analyst for Dell Services, where he helped create an incident response program and developed automation tools and investigation scripts. Prior to this, he held several security roles at companies such as Dealertrack Technologies, Verizon Terremark, and Verizon, where he performed tasks such as security monitoring, compliance auditing, malware analysis, and incident investigations. He has a CISSP certification and education includes courses in networking, security, and operating systems.
Cybersecurity risk assessments help organizations identify.pdfTheWalkerGroup1
Cybersecurity risk assessments help organizations identify, manage and mitigate all forms of cyber risk. It is a critical component of any comprehensive data protection strategy.
Cyber attacks are increasingly common and pose a serious threat to all organizations. The document discusses a major DDoS attack in 2016 that crippled many large companies and governments. It provides examples of data breaches at well-known companies in recent years that compromised millions of customer records. The typical attack lifecycle is described along with common sources of attacks and alarming cybercrime statistics. The emergence of new technologies like IoT and big data are also driving greater security risks. Organizations of any size can be vulnerable to attacks, so protection is important.
Why Your Organization Must Have a Cyber Risk Management Program and How to De...Shawn Tuma
Presentation to the Association of Continuity Professionals, North Texas Chapter, by Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Attorney Shawn Tuma, on October 19, 2017. For more information visit www.businesscyberrisk.com
User Behavior Analytics And The Benefits To CompaniesSpectorsoft
User behavior analytics and user activity monitoring can help organizations detect insider threats by analyzing patterns of user behavior and flagging anomalies. These tools collect user activity log data to monitor interactions with sensitive data and systems. They use algorithms and statistical analysis to identify meaningful anomalies that could indicate potential threats like data exfiltration. This provides a rich data source for investigations and helps focus an organization's security efforts on detecting insider threats, as internal actors often pose more risk than external ones.
Data Breach Response is a Team Sport discusses the importance of having a coordinated response plan and team in place to respond to a cybersecurity incident or data breach. It recommends identifying a cybersecurity leader, understanding applicable laws and obligations, determining critical data assets, creating flexible response plans for different scenarios, ensuring the right technology is in place, understanding insurance policies, assessing vendor risks, and learning from past incidents to improve plans. The presentation emphasizes that responding to a breach is complex, time sensitive, and involves many stakeholders, so preparation and cross-functional coordination are essential.
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Insider Threat Fraud Case Study
The Threat Within - CWA University at Albany
December 10, 2015
“Regardless of the technology
in place to protect data, people
still represent the biggest
threat”
-
Alex Ryskin
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Team 2SECURE
■ Chathura Wickramage - Information Security Officer
■ Valecia Stocchetti - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
■ Daniel Roberti - Cyber Threat Analyst
■ Nicholas Manzella - Security Operating Center Analyst
■ Nicholas Godfrey - IT Risk Analyst
■ Christina Frunzi - Behavioral Analyst
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What Is Insider Threat?
■ The ability of someone from
within a company or
organization, who usually has
LEGAL ACCESS to
files/systems, to initiate an
attack with little chance of being
detected without proper
security measures.
■ Something that appears to be an
attack, can appear normal on
screen.
■ Can be both malicious and non-
malicious.
■ Perception vs. Reality
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Who Can Be An Insider?
■ Ordinary Employees
■ Executive Management
■ Vendors
■ Contractors
■ Maintenance
■ Visitors
■ Former Employees
■ ...It can be anyone!
Insiders who pose the largest risk to an organization.
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■ Tangible Assets
■ Money
What are they after?
■ Intangible Assets
■ Customer Bases
■ Vendor Relationships
■ Data
■ Intellectual Property
■ Patents/Trademarks Copyrights
■ Trade Secrets/Crown Jewels
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Why Do They Want It?
■ Motive
■ Reason to commit the crime - Greed, Disgruntlement, Revenge (The Big Three)
■ Opportunity
■ Poor Security, Lack of policy, etc.
■ Rationalization
■ “I did it because…”
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Company Profile:
Main Street Banking
Headquartered in New York, NY
50,000 Employees
Global, operating in 90+ countries across Americas, Asia,
Europe & Latin America directly or indirectly via
subsidiaries, affiliates or joint ventures.
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What Happened?
A lead software developer, Mark Smith, at Main Street Banking
devised a scheme by which he could earn fraudulent rewards
points by linking his personal accounts to corporate business
credit card accounts of third-party companies. He cashed in
the rewards points for gift cards and sold them at online
auctions for cash. Ultimately, he was able to accumulate
approximately 46 million rewards points, converting the points
into $300,000 cash.
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Who is 2Secure?
We are a part of Main Street Banking’s Security Operations
Center. As a team, we have been entrusted with analyzing and
solving the problem described above. We have utilized the
NIST framework along with many other additional documents
to comprise what we feel is the ideal insider threat protection
plan. Insider threat is not an easy problem to solve. It requires
not only technical controls but also heavily relies on behavioral
controls. Insider threat is not 100% preventable, however, the
key is to detect it quickly and mitigate the risks.
12. + What made the attack possible?
■ Employees not properly trained
on how to detect insider attack.
■ Poor governance
■ Proper system controls not in
place to detect an attack.
■ Poor access controls in place.
13. + How was the attack discovered?
■ An anonymous tip by an internal employee
who knows the suspected insider was sent
to the Security Operations Center (2Secure).
18. + Risk Identification & Assessment
■ Risks Identified
■ Attacks using legitimate credentials to bypass access controls.
■ Unauthorized access to confidential information.
■ Theft of customer data.
■ Unusual activity and protocols observed on the network.
■ Unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction of
information.
■ Assessment
■ What is the asset?
■ What is its function?
■ What type of data is stored?
■ What is the criticality level?
■ How will it impact the company if compromised?
■ Risk = Threat Likelihood * Magnitude of Impact
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How could the attack be prevented?
■ Modifications to the Hiring Process
■ Background Checks
■ Psychological Testing
■ Social Media Disclosure
■ Prior Employment Terminations/Call References
■ Credit Score Disclosure (With Consent)
■ Periodic Checks on all of the above
■ Communication
■ Conduct Weekly Team Meetings
■ Schedule Bi-Weekly Check-Ins With Each Team
Member
■ Semi-Annual Evaluations/Annual Reviews
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How could the attack be prevented?
■ Awareness & Training
■ Training employees to recognize an insider attack
and how to report it anonymously
■ Create best practices & develop safeguards to
mitigate ignorance/negligence/carelessness.
■ Policies
■ Create a Whistleblower protection policy to protect
the anonymous person
■ Have current employees & new hires sign off on the
policy to cover the company legally.
■ Enforcement
■ Enforce the policies and develop a plan on how to
monitor when a policy is violated.
■ Stakeholders need to demonstrate an interest to
help the overall problem at stake, not just help with
implementation.
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How could the attack be prevented?
■ Access Controls
■ Create a hierarchy for current or desired
access levels.
■ Install software that will track permission levels -
Normal behavior VS Abnormal behavior.
■ Monitor all employees including ones who
have higher access controls.
■ Implementation of timeframes
■ Install monitoring equipment that will record the
session.
■ Have a team/employee that reviews the session to
ensure that there is no suspicious activity.
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How could the attack be prevented?
■ Separation of Duties (SOD)
■ Identify processes and procedures along with the
employee(s) responsible.
■ Create a tier structure so one person does not
complete a process from start to finish.
■ Rotate roles to ensure that another set of eyes is on
a particular process.
■ Data Security
■ Implement mechanisms to verify integrity of
software, firmware and information.
■ Implement detection software/processes of third
party sites.
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What detection techniques should have been
utilized?
Behavioral Detection Indicators:
■ Accessing the network while off the clock.
■ Working odd hours and/or excessively willing to take overtime.
■ Takes excessive notes.
■ High interest in topics not pertaining to their job duties.
■ Demonstrating high risk behaviors such as:
■ Past/current drug or alcohol abuse
■ Struggles financially
■ Excessively gambles
■ Exhibits hostile/aggressive behavior
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What detection techniques should have been
utilized?
Anomalies and events
■ Ensure that there is coordination between all stakeholders
to detect anomalies and events.
■ Analyze traffic & event patterns for the information system.
■ Develop profiles representing common traffic patterns
and/or events.
Security Continuous Monitoring
■ Implement a software that will track permission levels to
detect ‘abnormal behavior’ (as compared to normal
behavior).
■ Limit, restrict and monitor all internal and external
applications. (i.e 3rd Party Banking Sites)
27. + What detection techniques should have been
utilized?
Security Control Monitoring
■ Routine scans should be conducted regularly, such as:
■ Low-Impact Systems: Every day
■ Moderate-Impact Systems: Every hour
■ High-Impact Systems: Every 5, 10 or 15 minutes
■ Automated Processes
■ Vulnerability Scanners, Web Application Scanners, Patch
Management Software, Security Information and Event
Management
■ Audits should be performed on a regular basis.*
■ Rotate Log Files
■ Transfer Log Data
■ Retain Log Data
■ Analyze Log Data
*Frequency depends on the criticality of the system.
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Establishing a Response Plan
Establish a Team of People
■ Outsourced vs. In-House
■ Recommendation: In-House
■ To eliminate risk of exposing issues to media and law
enforcement when not intended to.
Determine how the team will be organized
■ Centralized vs. Distributed
■ Recommendation: Distributed
■ Consists of several teams, each responsible for their own
unit along with a central team to coordinate and
communicate the plan.
Cost Assessment
■ Determine resources required, money needed
and time.
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Establishing a Response Plan
Identification of Stakeholders
■ Management for policies, budgeting and staffing support.
■ Information Security Staff for support with systems and organization.
■ Legal for rules, rights, and regulations guidance.
■ Public Relations for communications with the media.
■ Human Resources for employee relations support.
■ Physical Security for building security management and regulation.
Stakeholder Buy-In - Imperative that they:
■ Maintain an expressed interest.
■ Continually upkeep, improve and enforce the plan.
■ Adapt to changes in new emerging technologies, security patches, laws and
regulations.
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Establishing a Response Plan
Determine Scenario(s) and How to Respond
■ Is it malicious/non-malicious?
■ Where is the source of the attack?
■ What permission levels are in place for that employee (if attacker known)?
■ Locate the intrusion, seize the evidence.
Assessment of the Scenario
■ Volatility of Evidence
■ Network traffic, memory, hard drive, data analysis
■ Network (more dynamic) vs. Hard Drive (less dynamic)
■ Availability
■ How will this affect day to day operations?
■ Assess the damage and limit the loss of resources.
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Establishing a Response Plan
Training Plan
■ Employee Training (New & Existing)
■ How to identify insider attacks, eliminate negligence and properly report an insider
attack.
■ Creation of a website to provide up-to-date insider threat resources to employees
■ Set up an anonymous tip line to protect the employee from the attacker targeting them.
Communication Plan
■ Who: Know who you are going to inform in the case of an insider threat.
■ When: Know the order of who you are going to inform.
■ What: Know what you are going to tell them, not every party needs to know all of the
details.
Overall Plan Evaluation
■ Evaluate effectiveness of the plan
■ How long with the solution prevent the problem?
■ Improve and continually update to adapt to changes.
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Establishing a Response Plan
Seizure of Evidence
■ To seize or not to seize?
■ Servers - crucial to operation of the company,
ideal to make a forensic image instead.
■ Hard Drives - may be able to seize and
investigate in the lab.
■ Utilize Chain of Custody Forms
■ Provides admissibility if used in court.
■ Documents evidence in every step of the
investigation.
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Establishing a Response Plan
Behavioral Considerations:
■ Frequent field observations
■ Follow legal action to ensure the problem employee is not introduced to
another company
■ Prevent file-sharing
■ Tighten monitoring measures
■ Improve previous precautions
■ Enhance employee awareness
■ Record the incident and the actions following
■ This keeps a reference for when another incident takes place and helps
to ensure the same mistakes are not repeated.
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Response Plan in Action
■ Initiation of the Plan
■ Contain attack to mitigate the effects.
■ Isolate the system to protect from infecting other systems.
■ Eradicate the damage caused & disable account privileges.
■ Availability - Ensure that systems can operate & monitor the
activity.
■ Evidence - Ensure admissibility for legal purposes.
■ Refer to legal guidelines and regulations on how to properly
handle evidence.
■ Documentation
■ Logs should include events, times, dates and be signed.
■ Team of two should have access to logs to ensure integrity.
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Recovery Plan in Action
■ Recovery is important to...
■ Restore systems to normal operations.
■ Confirm that systems are functioning normally.
■ To prevent similar incidents from happening in the
future.
■ Prioritize Incidents
■ Determine a time frame when the company will fully
recover.
■ Large Scale Incidents: Months & up to a year.
■ Small Scale Incidents (such as this one): 6-8 weeks
with proper management of recovery plan.
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Recovery Plan in Action
■ Once the system is clean:
■ Test, monitor and validate systems are back in production to verify the systems are
not that systems are not re-infected or compromised again.
■ Address Vulnerabilities or Loopholes:
■ Tighten Access Controls
■ Establish access permissions with least user privileges that are required.
■ Grant software developers elevated but temporary access when required.
■ Install Monitoring Software
■ Monitor software developers or any employee who requires increased access controls.
■ Monitor the system in general for at least 30-60 days to make sure the vulnerability has
been identified and corrected.
■ Recover the stolen money
■ Determine how the company will recover the stolen goods (i.e. Civil Court)
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Recovery Plan in Action
■ Communication
■ Notify all involved/affected parties.
■ Notify employees that this type of behavior has zero-
tolerance.
■ Have a Zero-Tolerance Policy for all employees to sign
off on to cover the company legally.
■ The Insubordinate Employee…
■ Should be terminated immediately.
■ Access permissions should be removed to ensure they
do not infect the system anymore.
■ Vulnerability Scans
■ Detect and remove any vulnerabilities within the
system or network.
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Thank You!
Questions?
Contact us at:
Chathura Wickramage <cwickramage@albany.edu>
Valecia Stocchetti <vstocchetti@albany.edu>
Daniel P Roberti <droberti@albany.edu>
Nicholas Manzella <nmanzella2@albany.edu>
Nicholas Godfrey <ngodfrey@albany.edu>
Christina Frunzi <cfrunzi@albany.edu>