Research from HelpSystems surveyed 250 CIOs and CISOs in financial institutions and found that 35% found insider threats to have the potential to cause the most damage over the next 12 months. This statistic goes to show the purveying fear that surrounds financial institutions with insider security threats that could prove to be quite costly to them […]

The SolarWinds-related break-in into Microsoft source code should be a wake-up call to all organizations big or small. This was not due to source-code vulnerabilities but via ‘internal’ intrusion where the bad guys got inside the organization through other parts of the technology perimeter.  Code vulnerability and tighter access mechanisms is one part of cybersecurity, data protection […]

‍ Hiring offshore security engineers is more common than ever post-pandemic. While it’s cost effective, hiring an engineer from outside the country comes with a number of security risks. The following are five reasons why you should closely consider the implications of offshoring your data security: 1. Non-disclosure agreements are impossible to enforce Many IT […]

In 2020, the cybersecurity industry saw unprecedented changes and challenges partly because of the global outbreak of COVID-19. The pandemic has a direct impact on many of the technological intricacies involved in the management and safekeeping of data, especially in the healthcare industry. As organizations make necessary adjustments to comply with the “new normal”, the […]

Data loss prevention and compliance are critical functions for any company, especially when more employees than ever are working from home and creating unstructured, unsecured data without the traditional safeguards. Here we cover the essential questions to ask when choosing a SaaS solution for your organization. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) & compliance for SaaS applications: […]

Join us on Sept. 22 at 12pm ET as we discuss the following agenda: How banks and fintechs deal with today’s new remote working environment Day 0 security mindset, security-based company stack Compliance frameworks that actually work Tech-stack and tooling considerations

High level feature notes for code scanner integrations -Scan a set of pre-defined repositories to identify Org-level sensitive data within codebase -Repositories can be scanned in the following ways: Polymer DLP VCO for Github & Bitbucket Get it here Features *Contact us for Enterprise features and additional support options Polymer protects against data loss (DLP) […]

A cloud access security broker (CASB) is a software tool or service that sits between an organization’s on-premises infrastructure and a cloud provider’s infrastructure. A CASB is the security guard allowing the organization to extend security frameworks on private and public cloud environments. We look into the features, benefits and shortcomings of CASB solutions in this article. 4 features […]

Most data breaches from inside the organizations are still due to unfettered database access. It is critical for any executive to have a basic understanding of what database controls look like from a practical standpoint and understand off-the-radar areas of data breach risk.   Typical onboarding of an employee or contractor requires assigning database access. […]

The best cybersecurity and privacy regimes will never work if your team members do not actively protect company efforts. Here is the precursor to how top-down security infrastructures have shortcomings. Instead, think how you can drive security from the ground up: with the support of each and every team member that contributes to your project. Here […]