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Malicious insiders are finding increasingly complex ways to avoid detection, circumventing traditional information security measures. Monitoring of content is central to detecting insider threats, but still many insiders get away with corporate espionage every year. Is there another way to identify such acts?
Researchers Deanna D. Caputo, Greg Stephens, et al. at the MITRE Corporation believe human behavior is a key to detecting malicious threats. They ran a study in which participants were told to imagine they had fallen on hard times. Two experimental groups were told to collect information in order to receive a promotion with a higher salary. The “malicious” group was told that they had to bring insider information to a new company, while the control group was told to research non-sensitive information.
The study found distinct differences of behavior between the two groups. Malicious insiders demonstrated a consistent “quantity over quality” approach to …
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In New York this week? Check out Cataphora CEO Elizabeth Charnock in conversation with GigaOM’s Mathew Ingram at Structure:Data. This conference is exploring the technical and business opportunities spurred by the growth of Big Data.
Elizabeth is specifically discussing the implications of privacy with respect to Big Data. Her dramatically-named session – Big Data, Bigger Brother – will look at the distinction between consumer and employee privacy, and the risk/reward issues for organizations and individuals.
Elizabeth will be on stage on Thursday, March 22, at 9:05 a.m. EST.
If you can’t get to Structure:Data in person, you can watch a live stream of the interview.
Posted by Lauren Vilders | Permalink
Every federal government agency and systems integrator is required to implement an insider threat detection and prevention program by the end of 2013 under the terms of an October 2011 Presidential Executive Order (EO 13587). Titled Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information, the order was issued in the wake of allegations against former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, who is charged with “leaking hundreds of thousands of classified and sensitive U.S. government documents” to WikiLeaks and aiding the enemy in the process. The Executive Order highlights the severity of the threat of the insider. Manning is one scenario, albeit a serious one, where an “insider goes bad” in the government space. There are, unfortunately, other instances that have made the headlines. Take the allegations against former CIA officer John Kiriakou, for example, which occurred …
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For film fanatics, it’s that highly anticipated time of the year again: Oscar time. The nominations are in, and the awards show is quickly approaching, airing this Sunday. The Best Picture nominations list, unsurprisingly, never fails to round up an impressive collection of the ”best of the best” and this year is no different, including films like The Artist, Midnight in Paris, and Hugo, to name a few. At Cataphora, we’re particularly excited that Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, also made the cut. If you didn’t get a chance to see the film, we encourage you to take a look at the movie trailer. The story follows General Manager Billy Beane as he attempts to rebuild the Oakland Athletics baseball team after an upsetting playoff loss to the New York Yankees in 2001. Operating on a shoestring budget, Beane realizes that he cannot rely on traditional …
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought it would be fun to reveal the results from our Digital Mirror Love Life survey! For those of you who didn’t participate, don’t worry. You’re still welcome to fill out the survey since we’re not taking it down just yet. In the meantime, we’ll fill you in on its intent. The Love Life survey aims to get a feel for how different types of people communicate in the digital world and more specifically, how our increasing dependence on technology impacts our romantic relationships (for better or worse).
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Let’s assume you’re taking your special someone out for a romantic dinner tonight, perhaps …
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