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Intent
There’s a whole bunch of the IDC/RSA white paper on insider risk management that puzzles me on one level or another. “Whether the threats are accidental or deliberate, the costs are still the same.” I didn’t see much data in … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, fraud, insider threat, risk management, RSA
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Policy and Ethics
The excellent Grits for Breakfast posted several stories of alleged misbehavior at the Bexar County probation office, including a link to the following story from the San Antonio Current. The following passage caught my attention: According to former Bexar County … Continue reading
Fillings
Dental countdown: 4. Juicy stuff from re: The Auditors on SocGen. Latest news out of France has Finance Minister Christine’s Lagarde’s report saying that in addition to controls being lax, (duh!), someone who understand the controls should have never been … Continue reading
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Tagged hostages, insider threat, internal auditing, scooters, socgen, war
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Impacted Molars: Pay Hell Gettin’ It Done Edition
Random Eye-tooth:I’ve been reading the Counterinsurgency Manual, and I’m figuring there is some analogue to a corporate approach to minimize the “insider threat.” Extraction:Mr. Loblaw describes a grisly example of privacy abuse in a recent decision du jour, selecting the … Continue reading
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Tagged best practices, crime, fraud, identity theft, insider threat, privacy, ssns, teeth, war
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The Italian Job
Odd ball kidnapping heist documented at MCN and Roadracing World illustrates the danger of the insider beyond the pilfered laptop or unexpired system credentials. Apparently the Alto Evolution World Superbike team “reduced the responsibilities” of Sergio Bertocchi, their erstwhile manager, … Continue reading
Insider Threat Assessment
Step one: Play a crappy new-agey cover of “All Along the Watchtower.”
Panopticon Enabled Desktops Increase Productivity!
From Dark Reading, the joys of workforce monitoring software with Ascentive!: “We call it ‘workforce activity management,’” says Schran. “Our latest edition provides all the insight necessary to eliminate time-wasting, increase productivity, and protect private company data.” Or, in the … Continue reading
It’s the Crime, Not the Tool
Tim Wilson at Dark Reading on IT Security: The New Big Brother: “To identify potential insider threats, IT must monitor end users’ behavior by scanning email, tracking network activity, and even watching employees for “trigger” events that might cause disgruntlement. … Continue reading
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Tagged airport security, fraud, insider threat, internal auditing, privacy, security
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The One In Five 