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MY TAKE: How ‘credential stuffing’ and ‘account takeovers’ are leveraging Big Data, automation

The Last Watchdog

A pair of malicious activities have become a stunning example of digital transformation – unfortunately on the darknet. Using this technique, the criminal collects your leaked credentials (usually stolen in a data breach) and then applies them to a host of other accounts, hoping they unlock more.

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2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Global Edition: Digital Transformation & Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It’s abundantly clear that medium to larger enterprises (the focus of the report and underlying survey) are finding it harder than ever to protect their sensitive data. The twin drivers of the problem are increased threats and the drive to digitally transform how organizations deliver value and revenue. First – The breaches.

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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

The threat intelligence platforms and detection and response systems installed far and wide, in SMBs and large enterprises alike, simply are not doing a terrific job at accounting for how APIs are facilitating multi-staged network breaches. Meanwhile, the best security tooling money can was never designed to deal with this phenomenon.

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Q&A: Here’s why it has become vital for companies to deter ‘machine-identity thieves’

The Last Watchdog

We’re undergoing digital transformation , ladies and gentlemen. And we’re in a nascent phase where clever advances are blossoming even as unprecedented data breaches arise in parallel. LW: Can you frame what’s going on with identities when it comes to digital transformation? Hudson: Sure.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how ‘WFM’ tools can boost productivity — and security — of remote workers

The Last Watchdog

This is not a new phenomenon — hackers relentlessly seek to gain access to internal accounts, as well as insights into how to bypass security controls. Because 65% of all data breaches are caused by negligence, there’s no excuse for organizations not to prioritize employee happiness and engagement. Insider threat protection.

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MY TAKE: Six-figure GDPR privacy fines reinforce business case for advanced SIEM, UEBA tools

The Last Watchdog

I think it’s super important that organizations are being held accountable for looking after our data. That’s kind of the carrot side — being able to demonstrate that you actually do care about the data of the people you do business with. Trust is an important part of their brand; it should be all about trust.

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Securing the future of payments – what does 2018 have in store?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Thanks to heightened consumer confidence, a rise in proximity payments adoption and ongoing developments in biometrics, the payments industry continued to undergo digital transformation throughout 2017. appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security.

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