Hello earthlings, look out from your windows. Winter's gone. It's spring!
As you jumped from one web conference call to another and the world adjusted to a new normal, we did a quick media reconnaissance. The intent - to summarize all that's going on in the world of cybersecurity and insider threats.
We'd be remiss if we did not begin with a quick and respectful nod to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the last couple of months, it has burned the workplace to a crisp and opened up an Alaska-sized wormhole of cybersecurity issues in almost every corner of the world.
Trolls had a field day with Zoom-bombing. It started out as pranks and jokes, but soon spiraled into potential cybersecurity concerns for firms. Add to that good-old phishing emails and malware.
End result - security teams are on overdrive. Hang in there, dear friends. And enjoy this news summary we put together for you.
With most employees working remotely from their own networks, some even on their devices, the line between insider and outsider has blurred. This made our second re-read of Ponemon Institute's The Cost of Insider Threats 2020 an even wilder ride. In case you missed it:
The real question is: why do these numbers still not scare living daylights out of us? Don't worry, it's a common enough condition. Dasera's VP of Products, Thi Thumasathit, broke down the psychological factors that make insider threats seem less threatening.
The Coronavirus outbreak threw a giant (and spiky) curveball at us. And we were not prepared for it. Moving into a completely remote working situation opened up a universe of new security challenges. Or a constellation, as per Threatpost.
TechRadar offered us some useful tips to deal with both cloud computing and telecommuting. Many tech companies have broadly extended "working from home" till the end of 2020. So, either security teams have things under control, or we're not getting any vacation time this year. (What would we do with it anyways?)
Another season in cybersecurity = many more of the who's who got breached:
Everyone's spending time on growth and learning. Leading online learning provider Coursera reported 10 million new users in the past month alone! So here are some useful reading links to keep you on top of your Privacy game.
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