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Leveraging SaaS to Fill the Skills Gap

Security leaders have been addressing the global skills gap for better than a decade now, with little to show for it. However, there is a new approach - leveraging software as a service to make up for the staffing shortfall. The discussion really starts with software as a service. If you look at the benefits of...

Demystifying Fileless Threats

Fileless threats have gained a great deal of attention lately, emerging as the "next new thing" in the cyberthreat landscape. The truth is, these types of devious attacks have actually been around for a long time. The reason they are making the news now is that researchers are discovering that fileless attacks have...

McAfee Behavioral Analytics Data Source and Use Case Coverage

The McAfee® Behavioral Analytics Platform is designed to search for, detect, and surface anomalies in everyday business behavior. These anomalies define the specific activities of outside and insider attackers. In both cases, attackers must act in a way that deviates from normal business activities in order to...

Practical Guidance and the State of Cloud Security

As computing, storage, and collaboration transition to the cloud, IT professionals are finding it difficult to navigate with the confidence that their assets are secure. 97% of organizations worldwide are using some type of cloud service, and are concurrently working through issues related to visibility and control....

When Should Technology or Security Leaders Get Involved in Mergers & Acquisitions?

When should a technology or security leader get involved in M&A? The short answer: as early as possible. Security really should play a prominent role before, during, and after the acquisition activity. Download this eBook to learn more about: High-profile incidents of cyber disruption during M&A; How security...

The Role of Deception Technology in M&A

A security breach is always a sensitive topic - but especially so during a merger or acquisition. When should a technology or security leader get involved in M&A? The short answer: as early as possible. Security really should play a prominent role before, during, and after the acquisition activity. Download...

Avoid Data Breaches from Compromised Credentials: Take Control of Identity

Identity management is becoming increasingly important in this era where massive data breaches and credential harvesting are a regular occurrence. To make matters worse, mobility and cloud have increased the attack surface. Businesses that have unreasonable expectations from users on access hygiene and rely on...

Experian Case Study: Transforming an Established Enterprise Built on Legacy Software

Experian is transforming from a credit reporting agency to a customer-driven data services company, and at the heart of all its services lies the need for secure, user-friendly authentication at every stage of the employee and customer experience. That's no small task, and they had to start with an established...

A Holistic Approach to Understanding and Monitoring Fraud on the Dark Web

The dark web is notorious for dangerous content which dominates discussions in popular media. In order to understand the dark web beyond the myths and the industry hype, it is necessary to understand the content of the system as well as how the websites, users and activities on the dark web are connected to each...

A Scientific Approach to Analyzing Dark Web Content

Dark web vendors offer a wide range of technological crime. From distributed denial of service attacks to pre-recorded phone calls, there is a myriad of knowledge and listings for hacking & exploits. This report aims to bring a more rigorous and scientific approach to analyzing content on the dark web. Download...

3-Step Process to Defeat Stolen Data Cybercriminals

The fraud economy on the dark web is a streamlined source of trade in payment card and personal data. Fraudsters have a range of resources at their disposal to help them maximize the value of these accounts, and the communities of cybercriminals collaboratively develop new ways to grow and automate their...

Case Study: Enhancing User Experience While Mitigating Risk

Restaurant reservation service OpenTable aims to create an amazing dining experience for its millions of users. Sift Science enabled OpenTable to scale a highly successful digital gift cards program without increasing risk. Read the case study to learn how to: Limit manual review; Move from a manual...

Top Cybercrime Threats to Financial Institutions in 2018

Financial institutions and their customers are no strangers to cyber threats, but attacks have evolved and have become specific to different types of organizations; banks, credit unions, insurance companies and private equity groups all face unique challenges. Threats exist from a range of actors including...

Bank Employee Offering Insider Information

This case study illustrates how Digital Shadows helped the head of threat intelligence at a bank discover a user on the dark web claiming to be a bank employee selling access to high net worth individual's accounts. The fact that the seller appeared to be an employee, this threat was of heightened priority to this...

A New Look at Email Security: How to Improve Detection of Malicious Payloads

File-less malware is a huge security challenge for organizations today, and traditional email security controls aren't sufficient to meet the challenge. It's time for a new approach email security. The big issue is: The malicious payloads shift so much. It's really easy to do 100 variants of the same malicious...