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Organizations are moving to multi-cloud environments in droves, largely because the cloud is fast, agile and powerful. But is it secure? Inherently — no.  

Stephanie Jaros, Director of Research for the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) counter-insider threat program, talks to Security about the integration of the human and behavioral sciences into insider threat mitigation, as well as the criticality of the timeline when it comes to addressing such risks.

There are several key attributes that any security or IT manager should consider before purchasing a video surveillance storage solution. Here's a checklist as you’re reviewing the market’s options to ensure your critical needs are addressed prior to purchasing. 

Delaying the evolution of your organization’s security is a big mistake. As your organization scales, so does the magnitude of the security threats you face. To avoid costly growing pains, the time to start planning a modern security strategy is today.

A network-centric, autonomous response hardens cybersecurity defense in the distributed enterprise by reducing the attack surface and automatically eliminating potential threats before they can reach devices and information on a protected network.

By using fingerprints or portraits to register citizens, biometric registries have the most significant utility in countries with unreliable or non-existent national ID systems. Let’s explore how biometric authentication works and can bring empowerment to populations worldwide.

Work and life can coexist. Security leaders, at all levels, are responsible for setting precedents, norms and boundaries so their teams have quality time that can help to decrease the risk of burnout and promote strong norms for well-being. 

Reducing our threat surface by limiting what any one person can access and improving organizational efficiency processes can go a long way in mitigating damage from the vast majority of attacks  — no matter if they come from inside or outside your organization.

Government agencies can look to these private sector lessons while adopting zero trust methods in their organizations.

Financial institutions must protect themselves from salami attacks, which consist of a sequence of small, fraudulent transactions that can easily bypass detection but, combined, can result in considerable losses.