UEBA: Artificial Intelligence Just Got Intelligent
There is a real buzz in the industry around artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated network monitoring and user & entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) at the moment. Artificial intelligence (AI) is hardly a new concept, but part of the norm with any mention of anything AI related, it’s hard not to be afraid or fearful of […]
Responding to a Data Breach – A Five-Step Guide
With high profile breach hitting the headlines on an almost daily basis (or so it seems) the chances of suffering a breach are not so much if but when. The average cost of a breach has now reached $4 million according to recent research conducted by the Ponemon Institute and so should the worse happen […]
5 Key Use Cases for User & Entity Behaviour Analytics
Last year, Gartner suggested the average time taken to detect a cyber attack, was an astonishing 205 days. The potential damage that could be done in the that time frame is alarming to say the least. This kind of research has drawn a great deal of attention to the need for enterprises to put in […]
Why Data Classification Should be Central to Every Organisation’s Security Strategy
In 2016 internet traffic surpassed the one zettabyte point that’s according to Samsung which equates to one billion terabytes worth of data, or 1 trillion gigabytes. In short that’s a lot of data and it’s a figure that will keep on growing. Data is at the heart of every business which is why data classification […]
Celebrating Seven Years at HANDD
Milestones present an opportunity for us to reflect upon experience and the lessons of the past as well as to plan for many more years of success & growth ahead. But putting the business part aside it’s also a time for us to reflect on our own individual journeys, the journeys of others and the […]
Data Security in Review: What to expect in 2017
2016 was a year of major attacks on large corporate businesses. With some 500 million Yahoo user accounts breached, revealing names, emails, encrypted security data and other sensitive information, it was the largest publicly disclosed cyberattack in history. More worryingly, it took place in 2014 but did not come to light until last September. Then, […]
A Data Security Update: Looking Ahead to 2017
What an eventful year 2016 has been! We just about survived the fallout of the BREXIT referendum, we lost many famous faces such as David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Gene Wilder and Muhammad Ali to name a few. Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States and before all that, on the 14th […]
Global Trends in Cyber Resilience
Every day gives us another example of companies falling victim to cyberattacks. ‘Cyber resilience’ has therefore become the new goal; defined as “the capacity of an enterprise to maintain its core purpose and integrity in the face of cyberattacksâ€. The Ponemon Institute has investigated this growing requirement in depth, conducting research into the cyber resilience […]
The Insider Threat – Is Your Organisation in Control?
Since security became an issue in the world of IT all those years ago, people have always focussed on the threat of external parties. Perhaps a kid trying to show off, maybe a competitor trying to steal information or even a terror organisation trying to cause chaos – they come in all shapes and forms. […]