Managing insider threats is a priority for organizations. Key aspects include establishing a strong security culture from the top-down through policies and regular reviews, identifying and monitoring high-risk employee behaviors, and implementing technical controls like access monitoring and honeypot approaches. Data-centric policies and identifying where sensitive data is located and who can access it are also important strategies for mitigating insider risks.
Dealing with Data Breaches Amidst Changes In TechnologyCSCJournals
In the future, it is expected that the industry will be marked with multiple technologies. These technologies will play a crucial role in the improvement of the levels of efficiency that companies exhibit. On the other hand, one of the major weaknesses that will likely arise is a threat to the privacy, integrity, and security of data (Sloane, 2018). Through the use of various technologies such as the internet of things, companies will find it hard to protect their data against breaches (Griffy-Brown, Lazarikos & Chun, 2019). Data breaches will be based on the use of the latest technologies to exploit weaknesses found in the various systems. It is, therefore, recommended that companies must adopt a holistic approach in the development of protective, preventive, and reliable mechanisms of ensuring and guaranteeing information security and reduce the risks of data breaches (Ghosh, Mishra & Mishra, 2019). However, with the current trends, it is expected that more breaches will continue to happen, ranging from the use of phishing, hacking, malware, and also but not limited to ransomware.
AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS RAISING INITIATIVESijcsit
Increasingly, all kinds of organizations and institutions are adopting the E-business model to conduct their
activities and provide E-Services for their customers. In the process, whether they know it or not, those
organizations are also opening themselves up to the risk of information security breaches. Therefore
protecting an organization’s ICT infrastructure, IT systems, and Data is a vital issue that is often
underestimated. Research has shown that one of the most significant threats to information security comes
not from external attack but rather from the system's users, because they are familiar with the
infrastructure and have access to its resources, but may be unaware of the risks. Moreover, using only
technological solutions to protect an organization’s assets is not enough; there is a need to consider the
human factor by raising users’ security awareness. Our contribution to this problem is to propose an
Information Security Awareness Program that aims at raising and maintaining the level of users’ security
awareness. This paper puts forward a general model for an information security awareness program and
describes how it could be incorporated into an organization’s website through the process of development
life cycle.
Dealing with Data Breaches Amidst Changes In TechnologyCSCJournals
In the future, it is expected that the industry will be marked with multiple technologies. These technologies will play a crucial role in the improvement of the levels of efficiency that companies exhibit. On the other hand, one of the major weaknesses that will likely arise is a threat to the privacy, integrity, and security of data (Sloane, 2018). Through the use of various technologies such as the internet of things, companies will find it hard to protect their data against breaches (Griffy-Brown, Lazarikos & Chun, 2019). Data breaches will be based on the use of the latest technologies to exploit weaknesses found in the various systems. It is, therefore, recommended that companies must adopt a holistic approach in the development of protective, preventive, and reliable mechanisms of ensuring and guaranteeing information security and reduce the risks of data breaches (Ghosh, Mishra & Mishra, 2019). However, with the current trends, it is expected that more breaches will continue to happen, ranging from the use of phishing, hacking, malware, and also but not limited to ransomware.
AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS RAISING INITIATIVESijcsit
Increasingly, all kinds of organizations and institutions are adopting the E-business model to conduct their
activities and provide E-Services for their customers. In the process, whether they know it or not, those
organizations are also opening themselves up to the risk of information security breaches. Therefore
protecting an organization’s ICT infrastructure, IT systems, and Data is a vital issue that is often
underestimated. Research has shown that one of the most significant threats to information security comes
not from external attack but rather from the system's users, because they are familiar with the
infrastructure and have access to its resources, but may be unaware of the risks. Moreover, using only
technological solutions to protect an organization’s assets is not enough; there is a need to consider the
human factor by raising users’ security awareness. Our contribution to this problem is to propose an
Information Security Awareness Program that aims at raising and maintaining the level of users’ security
awareness. This paper puts forward a general model for an information security awareness program and
describes how it could be incorporated into an organization’s website through the process of development
life cycle.
The Information Disruption Industry and the Operational Environment of the Fu...Vincent O'Neil
Executive Summary:
Use of everyday technology to collect personal data is increasing, and as these efforts become more intrusive, popular resentment is likely to grow.
If that irritation reaches a tipping point, existing privacy protection services will expand enormously—creating an Information Disruption Industry (IDI) dedicated to thwarting the collection, storage, and sale of personal data.
The expanded IDI’s efforts will do direct and indirect damage to a wide range of systems—even systems unrelated to personal data collection.
This likely scenario has the potential to seriously impact the information landscape in 2035, if not sooner.
End of Summary
I presented the paper in a webinar hosted by the Mad Scientist Initiative and Georgetown University on May 10, 2020. The complete webinar can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-cjW1cmrQ&t=75s
Top cited managing information technology articlesIJMIT JOURNAL
The International Journal of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in all areas of the strategic application of information technology (IT) in organizations. The journal focuses on innovative ideas and best practices in using IT to advance organizations – for-profit, non-profit, and governmental.
INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN FOR A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HOSPITALIJNSA Journal
Most small to medium health care organizations do not have the capability to address cyber incidents within the organization. Those that do are poorly trained and ill equipped. These health care organizations are subject to various laws that address privacy concerns, proper handling of financial information, and Personally Identifiable Information. Currently an IT staff handles responses to these incidents in an Ad Hoc manner. A properly trained, staffed, and equipped Cyber Incident Response Team is needed to quickly respond to these incidents to minimize data loss, and provide forensic data for the purpose of notification, disciplinary action, legal action, and to remove the risk vector. This paper1 will use the proven Incident Command System model used in emergency services to show any sized agency can have an adequate CIRT.
Study and analysis of E-Governance Information Security (InfoSec) in Indian C...IOSRjournaljce
The purpose of the study is to explore and find a research gap in E-Governance Information Security (InfoSec) domain in Indian Context. The study identifies the research gap in E-Governance InfoSec domain and substantiates given research gap with relevant literature review. The study outcomes clearly depict the requirement of research in the field of InfoSec in e-governance domain in a country like India.
Ethical Questions of Facial Recognition Technologies by Mika Nieminen Mindtrek
SAFETY AND SECURITY track - Tuesday 28th
"While facial recognition technology is utilised increasingly across the globe, there are extending debates on the ethical aspects and acceptability of facial recognition. Such issues include e.g. that facial recognition is not an accurate tech, it is creating step by step everywhere reaching “surveillance state”, there are challenges with individual privacy and data security, as well as it may have distorting effects on democratic processes. It is suggested, among other things, that facial recognition technology needs to be well regulated, system needs to be transparent and include “bias checks” as well as there needs to be an administrational procedure for correcting technological and social biases and faults in the system."
MIKA NIEMINEN, Principal Scientist, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland
Smart City Mindtrek 2020 – conference
28th-29th January
Tampere, Finland
www.mindtrek.org/2020/
Buying a car entails a cost, not counting the day to day high price tag of gasoline. People are looking for
viable means of transportation that is cost-effective and can move its way through traffic faster. In the
Philippines, motorcycle was the answer to most people transportation needs. With the increasing number of
a motorcycle rider in the Philippines safety is the utmost concern. Today technology plays a huge role on
how this safety can be assured. We now see advances in connected devices. Devices can sense its
surrounding through sensor attach to it. With this in mind, this study focuses on the development of a
wearable device named Smart Motorcycle Helmet or simply Smart Helmet, whose main objective is to help
motorcycle rider in times of emergency. Utilizing sensors such as alcohol level detector, crash/impact
sensor, Internet connection thru 3G, accelerometer, Short Message Service (SMS) and cloud computing
infrastructure connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero-W and integrating a separate Arduino board for the antitheft tracking module is used to develop the propose Internet-of Things (IoT) device.
DOES DIGITAL NATIVE STATUS IMPACT END-USER ANTIVIRUS USAGE?IJCNCJournal
Due to the increasingly online nature of business (e-commerce), it is essential to understand how end-users can be protected from malicious online activities such as malware. Several factors have been examined in the research on this topic. Digital native status was identified as a factor that has not been investigated thoroughly. This study examined how the security decision-making process is impacted by digital native status by looking at Protection Motivation Theory. Digital Native Status was investigated as a mediating factor in the PMT model. Intent to use antivirus was utilized as the protective measure. The findings indicate that digital native status does not mediate Fear. However, other factors, such as Fear, selfefficacy, and response efficacy, play a part in the intent to use antivirus. Conversely, the other constructs in the model, response-costs and maladaptive rewards, did not have a relationship with antivirus usage. Practically speaking, employers and eCommerce businesses could use these findings to identify factors that play into their end-user behaviors. These findings can be utilized to help guide training programs and professionals researching end-user behavior. These findings also suggest that future research should focus on factors other than age.
Presentations from CDE themed call launch event on 14 May 2013 - for full details of this call for proposals see: http://www.science.mod.uk/events/event_detail.aspx?eventid=264
The Information Disruption Industry and the Operational Environment of the Fu...Vincent O'Neil
Executive Summary:
Use of everyday technology to collect personal data is increasing, and as these efforts become more intrusive, popular resentment is likely to grow.
If that irritation reaches a tipping point, existing privacy protection services will expand enormously—creating an Information Disruption Industry (IDI) dedicated to thwarting the collection, storage, and sale of personal data.
The expanded IDI’s efforts will do direct and indirect damage to a wide range of systems—even systems unrelated to personal data collection.
This likely scenario has the potential to seriously impact the information landscape in 2035, if not sooner.
End of Summary
I presented the paper in a webinar hosted by the Mad Scientist Initiative and Georgetown University on May 10, 2020. The complete webinar can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-cjW1cmrQ&t=75s
Top cited managing information technology articlesIJMIT JOURNAL
The International Journal of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT) is a quarterly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that contribute new results in all areas of the strategic application of information technology (IT) in organizations. The journal focuses on innovative ideas and best practices in using IT to advance organizations – for-profit, non-profit, and governmental.
INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN FOR A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HOSPITALIJNSA Journal
Most small to medium health care organizations do not have the capability to address cyber incidents within the organization. Those that do are poorly trained and ill equipped. These health care organizations are subject to various laws that address privacy concerns, proper handling of financial information, and Personally Identifiable Information. Currently an IT staff handles responses to these incidents in an Ad Hoc manner. A properly trained, staffed, and equipped Cyber Incident Response Team is needed to quickly respond to these incidents to minimize data loss, and provide forensic data for the purpose of notification, disciplinary action, legal action, and to remove the risk vector. This paper1 will use the proven Incident Command System model used in emergency services to show any sized agency can have an adequate CIRT.
Study and analysis of E-Governance Information Security (InfoSec) in Indian C...IOSRjournaljce
The purpose of the study is to explore and find a research gap in E-Governance Information Security (InfoSec) domain in Indian Context. The study identifies the research gap in E-Governance InfoSec domain and substantiates given research gap with relevant literature review. The study outcomes clearly depict the requirement of research in the field of InfoSec in e-governance domain in a country like India.
Ethical Questions of Facial Recognition Technologies by Mika Nieminen Mindtrek
SAFETY AND SECURITY track - Tuesday 28th
"While facial recognition technology is utilised increasingly across the globe, there are extending debates on the ethical aspects and acceptability of facial recognition. Such issues include e.g. that facial recognition is not an accurate tech, it is creating step by step everywhere reaching “surveillance state”, there are challenges with individual privacy and data security, as well as it may have distorting effects on democratic processes. It is suggested, among other things, that facial recognition technology needs to be well regulated, system needs to be transparent and include “bias checks” as well as there needs to be an administrational procedure for correcting technological and social biases and faults in the system."
MIKA NIEMINEN, Principal Scientist, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland
Smart City Mindtrek 2020 – conference
28th-29th January
Tampere, Finland
www.mindtrek.org/2020/
Buying a car entails a cost, not counting the day to day high price tag of gasoline. People are looking for
viable means of transportation that is cost-effective and can move its way through traffic faster. In the
Philippines, motorcycle was the answer to most people transportation needs. With the increasing number of
a motorcycle rider in the Philippines safety is the utmost concern. Today technology plays a huge role on
how this safety can be assured. We now see advances in connected devices. Devices can sense its
surrounding through sensor attach to it. With this in mind, this study focuses on the development of a
wearable device named Smart Motorcycle Helmet or simply Smart Helmet, whose main objective is to help
motorcycle rider in times of emergency. Utilizing sensors such as alcohol level detector, crash/impact
sensor, Internet connection thru 3G, accelerometer, Short Message Service (SMS) and cloud computing
infrastructure connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero-W and integrating a separate Arduino board for the antitheft tracking module is used to develop the propose Internet-of Things (IoT) device.
DOES DIGITAL NATIVE STATUS IMPACT END-USER ANTIVIRUS USAGE?IJCNCJournal
Due to the increasingly online nature of business (e-commerce), it is essential to understand how end-users can be protected from malicious online activities such as malware. Several factors have been examined in the research on this topic. Digital native status was identified as a factor that has not been investigated thoroughly. This study examined how the security decision-making process is impacted by digital native status by looking at Protection Motivation Theory. Digital Native Status was investigated as a mediating factor in the PMT model. Intent to use antivirus was utilized as the protective measure. The findings indicate that digital native status does not mediate Fear. However, other factors, such as Fear, selfefficacy, and response efficacy, play a part in the intent to use antivirus. Conversely, the other constructs in the model, response-costs and maladaptive rewards, did not have a relationship with antivirus usage. Practically speaking, employers and eCommerce businesses could use these findings to identify factors that play into their end-user behaviors. These findings can be utilized to help guide training programs and professionals researching end-user behavior. These findings also suggest that future research should focus on factors other than age.
Presentations from CDE themed call launch event on 14 May 2013 - for full details of this call for proposals see: http://www.science.mod.uk/events/event_detail.aspx?eventid=264
The media has given a great deal of attention to the “insider threat”, the issue of someone within an organization harming or stealing data or assets. How does this happen and why? Shouldn’t we be more concerned with external threats like hackers and cyber-thieves?
Learning Nuggets
· Insider threat components and issues
· Current research
· Mitigation and good practices
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)
Running Head: DATA BREACH 1
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Data Breach Research Proposal
Introduction
In the present world, there has been a series of technological advancements especially in this era of digital migration where everybody is using technology. However, a lot of people do not realize that there are problems that arise as technological changes continue happening. One of the biggest challenge faced in the technological environment is data breaching. This refers to incidences where an individual’s private and confidential information is accessed by unauthorized individuals. Due to diverse lack of technological knowhow, a lot of people and organizations have become victims as occurrences of these data breaches rise each day. In the last two years at least 258,000 organizations has fallen as an estimate of about 3.9 million individuals from different parts of the world has been robbed as a result of data breaches (Ayyagari, 2012).
Clearly, the victim figure above emphasizes the need to come up with a solution to the data breaches more than ever before. The motivation behind carrying out the author’s my proposed research is the rapid changes in the world of technology thatwhich does not match the rate at which a big population adjusts along with the technological changes. This makes them vulnerable to more and more data breaches every day if something is not done. I believe that creating awareness concerning how to be data secure will greatly impact the world positively through reducing the data breaches occurrences.
In my research, I look forward to investigating a number of issues as far as data breaches are concerned. The issues include:
· Causes of data breaches.
· How the data breaches are done.
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Solution
s to data breaches.
Importance of the proposed research.
With the continual technological advancements, I believe that if a large population of people as well as organizations that make use of technology to store their confidential data get to know all about these issues as well as how to combat data breaches, then the world would be a peaceful place to live in. it will also give room for further technological advancements as the more data secure people will be more willing to embrace the changes.
Literature review
“Meyer, C. H., & Matyas, S. M. (1982). CRYPTOGRAPHY: A new dimension in computer data security: A guide for the design and implementation of secure systems. Wiley.”Comment by Herbert Kemp: I assume the final lit review will be longer….
My theoretical framework
Causes of data breaches
One of the causes of data breaches is cyber-attacks. This has been the leading data security threat over the last two years. This refers to a situation whereby an individual- cybercriminal- accesses an organization’s data and uses it for malicious gains whether for fun, for financial gains or even for undercover activities such as spying.
Another cause of data br.
Running Head: INFORMATION SECURITY VULNERABILITY 2
Information Security Vulnerability
Introduction
The most important part of any business or organization information is the security infrastructure. All information big or small, sensitive or insensitive must be protected by some degree of information security. "Navigating the multitude of existing security standards, including dedicated standards for information security and frameworks for controlling the implementation of IT, presents a challenge to organizations. Adding to the challenge is the increase in activities of terrorist groups and organized criminal syndicates” (Sipior & Ward, 2008).
Threats and Vulnerabilities
Threats and vulnerabilities are a common occurrence in regards to computer security. Computer networks that are flawed and weak are vulnerable to be exploited. The exploitation of computer networks can be done by terrorist, hackers, and an organizations or business on employee. "Inexperience, improper training, and the making of incorrect assumptions are just a few things that can cause these misadventures" (Whitman & Mattord, 2009, p. 42).
Problem Statement:
What is the protocol if an organization or business most critical information is leaked or hacked that can cause grave damage to an organization, business, or customers account information? What would be the financial situation to recover from such attack with the network? The following questions are a few questions that top management must have in information security policies.
It is most likely that any organization or business profits would decrease and the reputation of each would change. With that comes the legality responsibility of the organization or business. Owning up to a security breach within an organization or business can be detrimental to the overall health of finances throughout the organization or business as well as notifying all parties involved in the breach. Having coverage such as insurance to protect the organization or business is a must and also a great deal to protect the reputation, assets, and continue functioning overall. "Although every state breach notification law covers businesses, there are differences regarding coverage of other entities such as government agencies and third-party storage providers, as well as differences regarding the information each law defines as 'personal'" (Shaw, 2010).
Relevance and Significance:
There will always be some type of glitch with in a computer network that may deter the system from being fully secured unless the computer is not being used. Information security program goals is to deliver a level of security platforms that supports the organization or business security infrastructure at its best by meeting all requirements set forth through the policy and controls and keeping the bad guys out.
Key Concepts
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability are the largest threats of sensitive information. The need to know must be .
System Dynamics Based Insider Threats ModelingIJNSA Journal
Insider threat has been recognized as one of the most dangerous security threats and become a much more complex issue. Insider threat is resulted from the legitimate users abusing their privileges and cause tremendous damage or losses. Not always being friends, insiders can be main threats to the organization. Currently, there is no equivalent prevention solution for insider threat to an intrution prevention system or vulnerability scanner. From the survey of literature of insider threat studies, we conclude that the system dynamics (SD) is an effective tool to analyze the root causes of insider threat incidents and evaluate mitigation strategies from people, process, and technology perspectives. A generized case based SD model can be tailored and applied to analyze and evaluate specific insider threat incidents. We
present a well known insider threat incident of Taiwan and tailor the generized case based SD model to analyze it. The simulation results indicate that the risk of insider threats can be reduced and the probability of detecting insider threats can be increased.
Proven Practices to Protect Critical Data - DarkReading VTS DeckNetIQ
NetIQ was a Platinum sponsor for “Plugging the Leaks: Finding and Fixing the IT Security Holes in Your Enterprise,” a virtual trade show (VTS) produced by Information Week Magazine and Dark Reading.
This was our presentation deck: "Proven Practices to Protect Critical Data" presented by Matt Mosley, Senior Product Manager, and Matt Ulery, Director of Product Management during a live presentation. They explored some of the most significant problems facing security teams tasked with protecting critical data. And, they will reveal some of the most effective approaches and technology that can be used to quickly identify real threats.
Running Head DATA BREACH 1DATA BREACH 3Data Breach Whit.docxtodd271
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Introduction
For organizations that deal with critical information such as trade secrets, customer data and proprietary business data, the exposure to data breach is real today than it has ever been before. According to the report of Internet crime complaint center released in 2007 about 206,884 complaints regarding computer organized crimes including data breaches were filed online leading to a loss of about $239 million. However, according to expert information, only one in about seven such cases get reported to the authorities. This means that the accurate figures of cyber-crime and data breaches are roughly seven times more. In 2008 alone, more electronic data were breached compared to the previous four years put together (Baker et al., 2011).
The increased cases of data breaches should not catch us unawares. In the present age where data is almost everywhere, it is difficult today than ever before for companies to safeguard their confidential data. Sophisticated heterogeneous IT environments have made data management and protection harder and have posed challenges to the response of such threats. Yet the present day corporate operations rely on their security tools and teams in ensuring that there is sharing and collaboration by an increasingly mobile workforce for the purposes of security and safety. While data breach is something that is well documented, there is not much understanding on why data breaches happen and what action can be taken to stop them. This paper focuses on the reason why data breaches occur, the sources of data breaches and the way forward in combating the breaches.
The trends in causes of data breach
To be able to prevent data breaches, it is important to understand why they happen. According to the Verizon Business Risk Team (Baker,2009) and the Open Security Foundation (Analysis and Statistics,2018).
The major reasons why data breaches occur include targeted attacks, well-meaning insiders and malicious insiders. In most cases, combinations of these factors cause the breaches. For instance, targeted attacks become easy when well-meaning insiders fail to follow security policies which then cause breaches (Baker, 2009).
Well-meaning insiders
Organizational employees who breach policies inadvertently continue to represent the biggest threat. The Verizon report suggests that 7 per cent of the data breaches that happened in 2008 were as a result of significant errors by well-meaning insiders (Baker,2009).
Some of the mistakes they get involved in include
Data exposure on desktops and servers
The frequent proliferation of unprotected data sources such as desktops, servers, laptops has been cited as the natural outcome of a highly productive workforce. In most cases well-meaning insiders who are not aware or forget organizational security policies s.
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The student creates a communication plan to support the strategy of American Plastics.
The student justifies why American Plastics was important for the strategic HRM planning process.
The student recommends how to address these considerations.
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The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
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A Framework for Enhancing Systems Security
A Framework for Enhancing Systems Security
Srinarayan Sharma, Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, India
sriOsharma(a),gmail.cotn
Vijayan Sugumaran , Oakland University, Rochester, USA, and
Service Systems Management and Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
sugumara(a),oakland.edu
ABSTRACT
Security concerns have grown in sync with the growth of ecommerce. This paper
presents a framework for analyzing systems security in terms of three dimensions,
namely, technology, process, and people. The paper also advocates a systems
development life cycle view of security. It describes different activities that need to be
carried out throughout the development cycle in order to improve overall systems
security. It also discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the study, and
identifies future research directions.
KEY WORDS
Systems Security, Systems Development Life Cycle, Security, Ecommerce,
Security Framework
INTRODUCTION
Like all sectors of the economy, e-commerce has also been negatively impacted by the
worldwide economic downturn. While other sectors have seen their growth suddenly
move down in the reverse gear, e-commerce has held its ground well. According to
the latest published e-commerce statistics (US Department of Commerce, 2011),
online spending in 2010 in the United States increased 8.1 percent from that of 2009.
IT security controls are a result of protecting information system resources against unauthorized attempts that seek to access them. In an empirical view, this establishes a logical dichotomy between protecting the inside from the outside - not too terribly different than what we do when we lock the doors in our homes at night. This inside/outside approach has matured greatly, and continues to do so in todays information systems environment. Traditionally, most of the observed research and its results have produced technical measures in the forms of controls and best practices, which act as templates to “secure” information systems from those not authorized access to it. As a natural result, many guides primarily outline technical controls that prevent external access to internal information systems.
The landscape of the information technology (IT) security controls has widened significantly over the past few decades, especially since the adoption of the public internet, and proliferation of internet service providers. Even today further fueled by the rise of connectedness via mobile means, whether smart phones or tablet devices, or even publicly available wifi frequently available any time and nearly anywhere.
This shift has transitioned the philosophical approach to IT security to information security - information being the actual asset that is being protected though IT security controls. With this understanding, we must further recognize, accept, and conclude that information has value, and within markets of competition, within and between the same or different industries, unauthorized attempts to access information systems are no longer just external configuration issues. They are also internal behavioral issues, which also drive not just technological implementations traditionally spawned by vendor configuration anomalies, but organizational structure, policies, vigilance, and training.
This presentation was given by Eric Vaughan to a meeting of the Security Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Software Developers (SD) Forum, in Palo Alto, CA, in July 2008.
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON MACHINE LEARNING INSIDER THREAT DETECTION MODELS, DATA...IJNSA Journal
Computers are crucial instruments providing a competitive edge to organizations that have adopted them. Their pervasive presence has presented a novel challenge to information security, specifically threats emanating from privileged employees. Various solutions have been tried to address the vice, but no exhaustive solution has been found. Due to their elusive nature, proactive strategies have been proposed of which detection using Machine Learning models has been favoured. The choice of algorithm, datasets and metrics are cornerstones of model performance and hence, need to be addressed. Although multiple studies on ML for insider threat detection have been done, none has provided a comprehensive analysis of algorithms, datasets and metrics for development of Insider Threat Detection models. This study conducts a comprehensive systematic literature review using reputable databases to answer the research questions posed. Search strings, inclusion and exclusion criteria were set for eligibility of articles published in the last decade.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Hi everyone this is Millie Law and today’s topic is managing insider threat
Our agenda is first to introduce and define insider threat Then I will talk about the key risk factors and the according managing strategies I will talk about the current issues facing insider risk management and then I will give the conclusion
Insider threat is defined as attacks from within the organization by individuals who have unintentionally or intentionally caused the loss of organizational assets Insider threat is identified as one of the top three macro security issues today for organizations. insiders were responsible for 69% of database breaches. In the 2010 e-Crime Survey, relative to external breaches, incidents of insider attack are often more costly to organizations. A Sprint employee who cloned customer data using a low-tech breach technique had caused Sprint to lose US$15M and to lay off 80 employees. Additionally, $700M loss was caused by a complex financial fraud committed by an insider in a financial institution
Deloitte UK identified four major areas that are susceptible to insider threat, including (1) Damage and (2) Theft of key assets and critical equipment (3) Massive deleting/corrupting files and records (4) Exposure and leakage of information that is sensitive
Researchers have shown that C-suite executives lack insight and understanding of insider threat and its implications, such as decrease in competitiveness, efficiency, compliance, and security. Mitigation of insider threats is often not a top priority for executives because they see it as a “high impact, very low-frequency issue According to the Secure Computing IT Director Survey, only 35% of the organizations surveyed placed internal security as a priority in planned investment despite the economic downturn. According to a Deloitte survey for Fortune 1000 companies, 9 of 10 executives believed that security and privacy are primarily a technology problem, so they believe the IT department should take full responsibility for finding a solution The technical manager of Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) exclaimed that it has been difficult to convince the C-suite executives that insider threat is not just an IT problem. This implies that executives do not understand that insider threat pervades the business process and that is not just a technology problem
The Enterprise Security Program (ESP) is an effective system which directs an organization to establish the security tone at the top. The objective of the ESP is the sustainability of a pervasive culture of security in the organization’s beliefs, behaviors, capabilities, and actions. This is achieved by implementing top-level policies and an effective governance structure The executive team sets up top-level security policies, establishes the risk thresholds for the organization, obtains funds for the ESP, and creates the X-team. The X-team comprises of sub-teams which are responsible for day-to-day IT security operations The executive team and the X-team should focus on conducting regular reviews of processes that are governed by the policies described above for their effectiveness and efficiency.
More than 27% of insiders studied stated that they were experiencing financial difficulty when the incident occurred. For instance, a cell phone number is sold for £10.00 each ron the black market according to the FBI. There are four types of data which are quite lucrative and are often stolen by insiders Since individual financial crisis is usually the motivating factor behind insider attacks, organizations should not underestimate the return on investments in employee assistance programs (EAP), according to a study conducted by Deloitte. An effective and well-funded EAP provides guidance and support to employees, emotionally and financially. When an employee who is facing financial crisis is helped by the program provided by the organization, it prevents employees from compromising their organization’s information for financial gain.
Lack of education and awareness remains an obstacle in mitigiting insider risk. The insider risk is introduced by employees that lack the motivation and awareness to vigorously protect the integrity and the privacy of sensitive information of the stakeholders. Information system risks can be caused by unintentional behaviors, such as forgetting to log off a workstation, failure to change passwords regularly, and inappropriately discarding of sensitive information. In 2007, more than 37% organizations experienced leakage of sensitive information through emails. In order to reduce information system risks caused by unintentional behaviors, management is responsible for identifying areas with high risk exposure and providing education. CERT’s 16 Best Practices are defensive measures to prevent or facilitate early detection of insider incidents.
Ineffective identity management, which relates to lack of accountability of access activities, increases insider risk. In order to gather information on insider threat detection pertaining to a specific organization, log collection and event correlation analysis are imperative in identifying high-risk behaviors. Any suspicious behavior, such as above average use of company’s network, should be detected, monitored, reported, and investigated The Federated Model is adopted by many large global corporations to distribute responsibility across the company’s hierarchy, ensuring that people are accountable for the safety and protection of the organization’s assets. This model has a centralized group responsible for setting common standards and coordinating functions, while business units manage ‘local’ executions. However, this model may not be suitable for small businesses, where owner-manager oversight serves as the primary risk mitigation strategy to the insider threat. Smaller organizations can consider using log management techniques with the network monitoring approach, where log files go through logical pairing, followed by log analysis and event correlation
A third of organizations have reported that employees have abused their access rights, either intentionally or accidentally The people paradox states that people within the ‘trusted’ circle of the organization are the primary threat to the organization’s assets. This paradox applies to the fact that employees are trusted by the organization with their access privileges, but many have breached the trust by misusing them.
The attribute based model defines insiders based on access attributes. The defined groups are categorized based on access capabilities, and identifies high-risk users to high-risk resources Since the users are grouped by their ability to access organizational resources using the Attributed based model, security personnel can focus on monitoring those that pose the most threat to the organization.
Another approach to mitigate insider threat caused by misused access privileges is “Identity Access Management” (IAM). IAM is the implementation of centralized and automated controls that enforce security policies by monitoring employee and third-party access and use of sensitive data in real time across multiple databases in different locations. IAM uses internal auditing to determine, amongst the stakeholders, the information that needs to be protected the most, and what kind of database application is used for storage. After defining what it means by sensitive data, stakeholders must agree to this common definition. These data are then tagged and consolidated within centralized servers protected by encryption and physical security measures. IAM applies digital rights management technology to control whether this information can be transferred outbound of the server, while balancing the need for employees to complete their job responsibilities
Insiders have significant advantage over external attackers since insiders can bypass physical and logical security measures designed to prevent unauthorized access. Most insider attackers are aware of their insider advantage, such as vulnerabilities in internal controls, systems, and networks. Employees have realized that control mechanisms such as firewalls, intrusion-detection systems, and electronic building-access systems are usually geared towards defending against external threats. The risk of unauthorized access within the organization may be mitigated by the Honey Pot approach, which is a relatively new strategy in dealing with insider threat. Fictitious data such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and documents are put into this ‘honey pot’ to attract unauthorized access. These unauthorized access attempts are then recorded and would be followed by punitive managerial decisions
According to the “Insider Threat Study”, insiders held different positions in the organization – there was no specific type of high-risk attackers. Contrary to the perception that the IT department is most likely to snoop around confidential information It should be stressed that the insider threat is not exclusive to IT personnel, because employees are now more technologically savvy. The employee screening process should include the best available criminal history records. To ensure accuracy, organizations can standardize the presentation of these records or hire an external agency for screening. However, background checking will not completely remove insider threat, as most attackers come to the organization without a criminal background. Hence, the screening is not a standalone process and is only effective when complemented with other security measures.
However, there are general traits which high-risk employees can identify – but security professionals should not generalize these traits but only use them as a reference source. When hiring, employers should make reference to the characteristics of a Risk-indicator and Risk-mitigator as they show the potential an employee to conduct an insider attack. Organizations should also look for competencies such as accountability and integrity for a secure workforce
Many organizations today have silo’ed physical and information system architecture. It is expensive to integrate and coordinate between physical and cyber infrastructure and assets; hence, companies shy away from this investment which increases the risk of combined fraud and theft of these properties. The risk is further increased when the organizations do not know how much data they have. For instance, only 18% of the 150 IT security professionals surveyed were certain of the exact number of sensitive files in their organizations Since maintaining these data creates significant cost for collection and storage, and carries huge potential costs in legal responsibilities, companies should conduct data inventory projects and modify their systems architecture for leaner data inventory and more efficient architecture for cost and legal liability risk reduction. The recommended data inventory project comprises of the following steps: Take inventory of sensitive files Accurately record their location on the server Keep track of access rights to these files By doing the above, the organization would be able to guard against insider threat by timely detection of the addition, removal, and improper access of these sensitive data. It should be noted that a comprehensive data inventory project must be acted on before an adverse event in order to maximize its benefits.
In addition to the data inventory project, companies should implement the data-centric policy which would focus managers, auditors, and other parties to be involved in securing data under the mobile environment.
The trend for globalization has increased insider risk in multinational operating environments, especially when these environments lack guidance on how to protect against insider threats. Current research studies lack validity in international environments. Also, globalization complicates the issue of trust, and the technology and business process collaboration The insider risk regarding virtual work environment is increased as many organizations still use and rely on policies and manual controls to review user administration, segregation of duties, etc. However, the issue is that there are a lack of tested and practical strategies to minimize insider threat for these ‘cloud-based’ work environments.
Managing insider threat should be a priority, especially for C-suite executives when they are the one responsible to institute a security conscious tone at the top – There are best practicses guidelines and various managing strategies which small to large organizations can use to establish policies and control procedures to address the risk factors. This concludes my presentation Thanks for listening